Hi all, and thank you all for the great advice I have been getting. I am slowly getting all the Brick's ailments taken care of. Tomorrow it will be in the hands of a highly recomemded Swedish repair shop. This is my current problem. July 4th the battery died in traffic. The little I know about cars told me that the battery is not the problem,(since it died at a red light) but the auto part store did a check of my systems and said it was the battery, so, I bought a new one. Well it happened again Saturday with my new battery. Low idle, stalling out. I was able to push start it. Funny thing though, for a second, it seemed not to be a probblem, the idle was fine it had all its power, then it happened again. Now it won't hold a charge. I put a battery from my truck in it, and disconnect it when I am not driving. Something that struck me odd is that after I put the current battery in from my truck, it started when I tested it, then I unhooked it, when I went to go to work later, I hooked the battery back up, and it was dead. I got a few clicks, I messed around with the terminals and it started right up, does this sound like a battery wire problem? Alternator tested fine when I bought the new battery.? Can an alternator go back and forth between working and not working? Like maybe it was working when I had it tested but went back on the fritz later? or do they just die, and they're dead?..Could the radio be causing a short? I get horrible static, and just shut it off when it does it but I didn't think it could drain the battery? Thanks in advance for the advice as always. I will have it in the garage in the morning, but its just bothering me, and it will all night, until I know, so I thought I'd post it here.. I am having ALL the other problems addressed as to get them all taken care of so I can get another 100,000 miles out of my Brick. Good news, I finally have a picture of my car I can scan and post, Bad news, It was taken by a red light enforcement camera, and it costed $75...so maybe I won't post it....:(...still its a good pic...Take care all, Franco79 '79 245dl 215k