I've been working on this for a while, and have decided to run up the white flag and ask for some direction on this... Verde is a 92 240 with about 185,000 on the clock, has had a problem holding a charge since we bought it.
When it was driven everyday the charging problem was not really noticeable, so the problem got put on a back burner.
Lately the car has been seeing more service, and the problem has appeared to have accelerated, t where it will drain to a no start in less than 24 hrs.
I've read some of the archives ion this problem and have so far......
disconnected the battery ground, and put a meter between the battery and the ground cable. I got a consistent -12.5 or minus what ever the battery voltage is.
I removed and replaced the fuses, one by one with no change
The positive battery cable is in two parts and i was able to remove the accessory cable (smaller of the two) without incident and have the same reading.
So it's not an accessory problem but somewhere in the starter, alternator wiring but I don't remember what it was.
if someone could point me to the link on that information I'd be grateful
Car runs great, needs some alignment work,, and some shocks and struts but i'll do this when i either get some more garage floor space or more day light.
Thanks
PS you guys have no idea how much i appreciate this site
I did a water pump, timing belt on a Toyota recently and it was crazy trying to find out WTF i was looking at.
Happy New Year and thanks again
Paul out by Disneyland