Originally Posted by carfixer007 (Post 1632244)

Explain the pause......like key turned off or the speed of the starter slows way down for a moment.....Also, will it start on alternative fuel? Missing spark?

Originally Posted by carfixer007 (Post 1632246)

Sounds like it may have jumped time. How is the battery good? What actual test? What does it run like when it does start?

Originally Posted by JLucas (Post 1632240)

Battery is fine

Originally Posted by CathedralCub (Post 1632287)

Sounds like a bad battery, connection, or battery cable to me.



How have you determined this?

Originally Posted by JLucas (Post 1632348)

Thank you for replying. The battery is in good condition. Another issue just started, sometimes after starting it will rev extremely high and nothing will bring it down. It will go 40mph without stepping on the gas. I have to turn it off and start it again.

Originally Posted by carfixer007 (Post 1632351)

It's important you give us numbers not 'it's good'. If a person cannot do that I move on.

Originally Posted by JLucas (Post 1632240)

Battery is fine

Originally Posted by CathedralCub (Post 1632287)

How have you determined this?

Originally Posted by JLucas (Post 1632348)

The battery is in good condition.

Originally Posted by Mike (Post 1632349)

You still didn't answer his question about how you verified the battery is fine.

Originally Posted by carfixer007 (Post 1632351)

It's important you give us numbers not 'it's good'. If a person cannot do that I move on.

Originally Posted by JLucas (Post 1632352)

OK, I'll get it tested again. Thanks again everyone.

Originally Posted by carfixer007 (Post 1632353)

You had the battery tested? Do you have a dvom? I can help you get real numbers if you have a dvom.

Originally Posted by CathedralCub (Post 1632381)

Okay so at this point we know JLucas got the battery tested somewhere and somehow . . . and more importantly that JLucas didn't test it themself. This means likely whoever "tested" it said "[hey JLucas, that battery of yours tested fine and is in good condition]".

What we don't know is if they looked at the gauge on the dash, or load tested it, or poked it with a volt meter, or turned on a bunch of accessories while observing headlight brightness, or looked at the date stamp, or just looked at the outside of the battery and said "yup looks good to me".

We have no reliable way to diagnose based on this. If I had to guess (which at this point is my only option), I'd say we're chasing a worn-out starter, bad cable, bad battery, and/or dirty/bad/corroded terminals on the battery.



Agree.

JLucas, please get us some real numbers and information and then we can help you further.

Originally Posted by JLucas (Post 1632383)

A friend had a volt meter and he said it "looked good." When I get a chance I'm going to test the battery again or run to AutoZone and have them test it. Again thanks for the replys and help, most appreciated.

Originally Posted by CathedralCub (Post 1632385)

Ah, there we go. Whoever checks it next, get the voltage reading. If Autozone can do a load test, please have them do it. That will give us better info.