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Old Jun 1, 2019 | 01:12 PM
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You had the battery tested? Do you have a dvom? I can help you get real numbers if you have a dvom.
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Old Jun 3, 2019 | 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by JLucas
Battery is fine
Originally Posted by CathedralCub
How have you determined this?
Originally Posted by JLucas
The battery is in good condition.
Originally Posted by Mike
You still didn't answer his question about how you verified the battery is fine.
Originally Posted by carfixer007
It'* important you give us numbers not 'it'* good'. If a person cannot do that I move on.
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OK, I'll get it tested again. Thanks again everyone.
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.

Originally Posted by carfixer007
You had the battery tested? Do you have a dvom? I can help you get real numbers if you have a dvom.
Agree.

JLucas, please get us some real numbers and information and then we can help you further.
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Old Jun 3, 2019 | 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by CathedralCub
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.
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.
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Originally Posted by JLucas
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.
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.
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Old Jun 3, 2019 | 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by CathedralCub
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.
Will do, thanks!
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