Severe Battery Drain
I'm trying to resurrect and make roadworthy a 1982
Ford F100 that had sat unstarted/undriven for
about a year. Bought and installed a new battery
and poured some fresh gas into the tank. With a
little priming on the carb it started and ran like a
champ. About two weeks in, my brand new battery
went dead. Charged it and started the truck and
took it for about a 10min test drive around my
property. Came back to the house, shut it off and
went inside long enough to get a cold drink (about
2 minutes) and came back and the battery was
stone dead. Cannot keep it charged no matter
what. Can start the truck from a battery charger, it
will run with the cables off the battery, even tried
disconnecting the cables before shutting it off,
battery will hold a charge for as long as I want
while disconnected, but will be sapped dead before
I can get to the drivers seat after reconnecting the
cables. Got any good ideas where to look first?