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Re: Starter or Battery? 200 1986

posted by  someone claiming to be Tony H on  Fri Nov 17 02:50 CST 2000 [RELATED]

Unfortunately I have seen and heard of many people buying batteries that are defects.

I'm thinking that if youfirst attempt to start the car and it's right at compression stroke a bad battery will have a hard time cranking. The second time you attempt it, the pistons are in a better position so the starter can get a "run on it" before hitting compression.

Hook a meter on the battery, hopefully it's around, 12+ Volts. have someone attempt to start it, if the voltage drops way down, 6-7 volts, it could be abad cell in the battery OR a bad connection from battery to ground or battery to starter.





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posted by  someone claiming to be David  on Thu Nov 16 08:57 CST 2000 >


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