airborne

I've covered the seven and garaged it for the winter because it needs a new clutch and tires and this weird problem.

I went to start it one last time and i got nothing. My PFC screen wouldn't display no lights, even the dinging noise was quieter.
Battery had 5v. I hooked up my charger and everything came on but there was a weird clicking sound coming from the engine bay, driver side near the firewall. by the time i had gotten around to see where it was coming from it had slowed and stopped. Go back to the battery and its dead again AND the charger is drained.
Any ideas? I checked the battery connections and everything seems to be squared away there. What could cause the drain?

thanks!

mmaragos

I have had similar problems with a bad battery. When voltage gets low it is possible for some electrical components to make clicking noises (solenoids in particular). I would have your battery checked out first. If that is OK, check for corrosion on all primary connections, battery, alternator and starter. If that is OK, I would check out the charging system.

airborne

the battery is good. any other ideas? any standard ignition parts that could cause this? bad starter or whatever?

Badappex

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I had the same porblem, but my clicking wasa coming from the passenger side. The previous owner grounded the 4th relay or something and caused the fans to stay on 10 min after the car was off. Everytime i disconeccted my battery, i heard the click.

airborne

i do have my fan wire grounded (aka the fan mod without a switch) but it never killed the battery and the fans were not running. sorry to keep this goin but i'd like to solve it before i forget about the car for the winter....ok so there's no way i'll forget about the car...heck i just ordered a j&s !

poorboybee

daym!! i have the same problem!!!

A few days ago, i got out of class and drove home. Jumped out of the car and ran in the house got get a pair of shoe. I start the car and it wont start? No power was in the dash, radio, or PFC or controllers. Then i heard weird clicking noise from the engine bay....it was near the main fuse? once i jump started its fine....but the battery wont keep charge??? any ideas? btw, my battery is GOOD!! only three months old!

my car is in the garage for the winter too

spoolage

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make sure your distributor isnt getting wet or oil inerfering w/ the connection. My friends mustang, if it rains, his distributor gets wet, and he cant drive it for a day or untill we blow dry the water away.

Senseny

I had a similar battery drain. I don't know which mod caused it (fan mod, turbo timer, etc) , but it got really frustrating. I solved it by using a kill switch. Anytime the car is going to sit for more than a few hours, I kill the electrical system at the battery (relocated to bins--so I don't need to pop the hood). Doesn't hurt a thing except my trip meter and I don't kill the expensive dry cell battery. Of course I always let the car cool down properly before using the switch.

poorboybee

sup guys,

update: battery was the problem!!!!

Elegant Black Monster

Does your battery charge light and/or the red lights over the temp and oil pressure gauges come on (dim)? Mine will come on randomly but very dim and I used to have a battery drain problem. Also a clicking noise I had was the air pump turning on and off randomly and something would drain the battery. Since then I have disconnected the air pump and the lights still come on sometimes but go away once I turn the main lights on and theres no more clicking or battery drain. Weird light thing though...