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Hey Guys, not to sure if this is where I should put this, BUT, here we go anyways.
Im at a party last night, and a buddy needs a boost, so I bring the 'Maro over, and hook up the cables, and he turns it over, starts, and hes on his way. I turn my car off, and go back to the fire.
I go to start my car to get it heated up in the morning, and all I get is "Click Click Click Click" not even turning over, its trying to, but its not happening. At this time, my voltage is in the bottom red, like 8 amps or whatever is down there.
I get someone to boost me (we hooked on the top posts)(kinda ironic hey, boosting someone else, and now Im the one that needs the boost) he tries, but it wont go, I still get click click click, but he revvs his engine to about 3000 RPM, and I get enough voltage, so I turn it over, and it fires.
Im thinkin, ok, maybe I left a light or something on.
I get back to town, shut my car off at the gas station, and when I go back to start it up, I get the damn click click click again. Dad comes to boost me, so we can at least get her home.
He hooks on to the side posts, and I try to turn it over, but nothing. We try for about half an hour, then we leave with no luck.
Dad gets an idea, so we go back, and he hooks the negative terminal on the top post and then the postive on a kinda rack thing that the postive line feeds to. (My amps and other crap are hooked into it) And what do you know, we get the voltage up, and she fires.
I bring her home, clean the terminals up (postive had a fair bit of corrosion on it) and clean that connection junction where my amps are hooked into.
I try to boost it both ways it had worked before, but I have no luck, so I give up for a bit (dads at a car show by now in his 'Vette about 3.5 hours away)
I call a good friend/mechanic over, and he brings his battery charger.
HE hooks up with 400 Amps (which should be PLENTY enough to boost the car) but it doesnt do anything, still that damn click click click.
Thats all I screwd around with it today.
He said it could be possibly a pooched battery (which Im going to try tomorrow) or the starter could be kinda ciezed in an "On" position, so it wont think the car is off, and need to try to start it (I dont think this is right though, because it had boosted twice before)
So, Im really hoping/leaning towards the battery, but I figured I should post up here and see if any of your guys know what could be going on.
Thanks in advance, and if this is in the wrong section, please move it to the right area.
Im at a party last night, and a buddy needs a boost, so I bring the 'Maro over, and hook up the cables, and he turns it over, starts, and hes on his way. I turn my car off, and go back to the fire.
I go to start my car to get it heated up in the morning, and all I get is "Click Click Click Click" not even turning over, its trying to, but its not happening. At this time, my voltage is in the bottom red, like 8 amps or whatever is down there.
I get someone to boost me (we hooked on the top posts)(kinda ironic hey, boosting someone else, and now Im the one that needs the boost) he tries, but it wont go, I still get click click click, but he revvs his engine to about 3000 RPM, and I get enough voltage, so I turn it over, and it fires.
Im thinkin, ok, maybe I left a light or something on.
I get back to town, shut my car off at the gas station, and when I go back to start it up, I get the damn click click click again. Dad comes to boost me, so we can at least get her home.
He hooks on to the side posts, and I try to turn it over, but nothing. We try for about half an hour, then we leave with no luck.
Dad gets an idea, so we go back, and he hooks the negative terminal on the top post and then the postive on a kinda rack thing that the postive line feeds to. (My amps and other crap are hooked into it) And what do you know, we get the voltage up, and she fires.
I bring her home, clean the terminals up (postive had a fair bit of corrosion on it) and clean that connection junction where my amps are hooked into.
I try to boost it both ways it had worked before, but I have no luck, so I give up for a bit (dads at a car show by now in his 'Vette about 3.5 hours away)
I call a good friend/mechanic over, and he brings his battery charger.
HE hooks up with 400 Amps (which should be PLENTY enough to boost the car) but it doesnt do anything, still that damn click click click.
Thats all I screwd around with it today.
He said it could be possibly a pooched battery (which Im going to try tomorrow) or the starter could be kinda ciezed in an "On" position, so it wont think the car is off, and need to try to start it (I dont think this is right though, because it had boosted twice before)
So, Im really hoping/leaning towards the battery, but I figured I should post up here and see if any of your guys know what could be going on.
Thanks in advance, and if this is in the wrong section, please move it to the right area.
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