Hmmm I'll check that! I bought this battery less than 6 months ago. I
hope I still have the receipt with warrantee info.
I haven't tried cleaning the posts yet, but was going to try that
tonight. But they're already pretty clean... and the cables are in
decent shape. If the problem were a bad connection, I would expect to
get either low voltage or no voltage... and maybe intermittant
triggered by some jostling... but not full voltage one moment, and
suddenly zero voltage triggered only by the ignition switch.
Thanks! I'll try the battery.
On 4/30/08, Ray Irons <rayirons@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Bad battery. I just had the same thing happen in my
> Finacee's Jeep Cherokee. She went out to go to work
> and it started fine. Forgot something in the house and
> shut it off to unlock the house and when she went to
> start it again, same thing you describe. As near as I
> could tell, a cell shorted out and caused the same
> symptoms as your Dak. I tried cleaning the terminals,
> and clamps, put my charger on it and the needle
> started swinging back and forth indicating an internal
> short. I took the battery into Napa and when they
> checked it it showed 12+ volts but as soon as they
> applied a load it dropped to less then 1 volt. Take
> your battery to Auto Zone, Advance, Napa, Kragen
> someplace that can test it and see what ya got.
>
>
> HTH,
>
> Ray
>
> --- Don Rey <radon220@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Fellow DMLers, I need help diagnosing this one. I
> > got in my truck last
> > night and turned the key. One click (ON) and the
> > dummy lights come on
> > as they should. One more click (START) and
> > everything goes dead. Not
> > even a starter click. The dummy lights shut off. No
> > electrical power
> > to ANYTHING. So my first though: I blew a fuse or
> > fusible link. But
> > first, I open the hood and jostle the battery
> > cables. I hear an
> > electronic whine (something started back up - maybe
> > the radio). I get
> > back in the truck, turn the key ON and I've got
> > dummy lights again.
> > Turn to START and it goes *CLICK* and everything
> > shuts off again.
> > Repeat jostling of battery & cables... I get power
> > again. Repeat key
> > to START position, a brief starter noise, and
> > *CLICK* everything's off
> > again. A few more tries and suddenly it fires right
> > up like nothing
> > ever happened. Runs fine, no problems. This morning
> > I had to go
> > through the whole procedure again, but once started
> > it stays running.
> > What could cause this?? Starter relay? Thoughts?
> > It's a 1994 Dak for
> > this purpose... only the body is an 89.
> >
> > TIA!
> >
> > Don in CT
> > 89/94 Dak Vert 318 NV3500 4x4
> > 74 Dart Sport 340
> >
> >
>
>
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