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Labor Day Putting down your wrenches or time for MORE wrenching? 
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on the Internet for over 30 years! and not clogged down with Ads! Again, thanks! | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,740 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,740 | First thing to do- - - - -with any type of battery, is to remove both battery cables and thoroughly clean the battery posts and the inside of the cable clamps with a wire brush. Reinstall the cables and tighten them. DO NOT TELL ME THE FOLLOWING:
"I shook the cables and they're tight".
"Everything looks good."
"It can't be that simple."
"It's gotta be the - - - - - - - -" (Fill in the blank with the appropriate item you suspect.)
At least 95% of the "no crank- - - - -everything goes dead" complaints can be fixed by a simple cable clamp and post cleaning- - - - - -at least it's been that way for the 60 or so years I've been tinkering with automotive electricity! Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
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