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Check terminals at battery posts.
Posted by RayF (more from RayF) on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:23:19
In Reply to: Re: No start - turn ignition, just clicks... (story), aaron, Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:40:51
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Make sure the terminals and battery posts are both clean, and that bolts have clean threads. Then reasonably tighten the bolts down. Sometimes corrosion at the post lets battery charge and test okay but doesn't let enough juice flow out to kick starter over. Often happens like you say when someone has just pushed and twisted a cable clamp down onto a post. That's a quick way to put a battery in and get a car moved, sometimes happens when one of us or a shop has popped the battery in quick, forgot to get back to tighten it.
Also - - you don't have one of those add-on terminals on one of your battery cables? They corrode something fierce down under the little steel plate that holds the stripped cable strands down against the lead. Often it doesn't show.
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