Im having a bastard problem with my TS at the moment.

Im trying to sell my old TS to fund more mods to my current TE.

Anyway it appears to me that the my batterey is cactus as i keen having to jump start it, not a good look in front of potential buyers! Its just not holding its charge. Its so bad that the car is idling rough because of the lack of power, you can tell as when you turn the headlights on the dim and go brighter.

I don't think its the alternator as when you make the car move the headlights light up and it becomes smooth again.

Anyone got any idea's, i think i just need a new battery...

man i had the same problem when i was selling my TR

i got a new altenator, new battery, and it was still ****ing up,

the alarm was draining the battery, i think the alarm was ****ed!!!!!

i managed to sell it b4 the problem was fixxed
the auto electrition didnt know........

im sorry im no help!!!!!!!!

Bloody hell hope that isn't the prob....

Oh well i'll swap the battery over with mine and see how we go.

im sure it was the stock alarm

i cant remember!!!!

hope the battery thing works...

didnt for me,
i could ask my friend, cause he bought it off me,
but he said he wants to buy it, then it started ****ing up,

i feel bad!!!!!!!!!!!! so im not asking him,
he sold it anyway, cause it kept ****ing up, got a turbo silvia which i am yet to meet!!! 8)

If you think the battery is suspect, try this, if it's flat enough that it won't start the car, get someone to hold the key on to the start position while you look down the filler holes, if you see one or more of them bubbling then you've just found a dead cell. Of course if it's a sealed battery then it won't work.

Hrmmm i'll give that a go.... Thanks

Just put a multi-meter on the battery. See what the charge is while the car is running. If it maintains charge while running then it's just your battery, however if the volts go down while your car is running then you're alternator's nackered. I had the same problem with my TS and by doing it this way found out it was the alternator.

I'm going to fiddle with it tommorow... Will let you all know how i go...

I know it is probably a bit late but the way to test is to do a current test on the electrical system
With everything turned off, disco the positive batt terminal, connect one multi meter lead to the battery lead and the other to the battery with the multi meter switched to read amp's drawn.
Any significant reading will show you some thing is drawing power it should not be, Start pulling fuses to find out the culprit.

Now thats a good idea! Oh well i sold the TS so its not my problem anymore...

do the buyers know about this?

god yes. The car was a sold cheap as chips, the buyer was up for the challenge. The bloke deserve's a medal if he can get that car working properly again...

What can i say? My first car copped some brutal punishment...