I'm with theman on this. Take it to a shop and have them hook up that great big heater element to it and see what kind of guts this battery has. My guess is that it will not hold up long. Takes a charge but won't keep it. The cells are gone. Buy a new battery.
If I fully charge it I can drive to town and back in the day light and a shop says they can test everything for $25.
Quote from: Smokey Eddy on February 29, 2012, 04:07:52 amIf I fully charge it I can drive to town and back in the day light and a shop says they can test everything for $25. Yes do this, unplug your headlights (daytime why have them on?) and don't use anything electrical. Beauty of a Mk1, is I don't have to unplug my headlights when alts fail. lol
Oh, I forgot the mk2's had daytime running lights. lol
Quote from: 8v-of-fury on March 02, 2012, 09:41:44 pmOh, I forgot the mk2's had daytime running lights. lolThey did? I thought it was like 1996 and up, at least here in the states... unless Canada got it earlier, which would make sense.
Quote from: bajacalal on March 03, 2012, 02:27:10 pmQuote from: 8v-of-fury on March 02, 2012, 09:41:44 pmOh, I forgot the mk2's had daytime running lights. lolThey did? I thought it was like 1996 and up, at least here in the states... unless Canada got it earlier, which would make sense. Every late 80's vw i've seen has DRL. I know my gf's 90 has them, and so did the 91 golf and 90 jetta i scrapped.