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Originally Posted by heespaul
Sounds like dirty terminals to me or corrosion on ground strap near battery.The corrosion can be deep inside of negative battery cable under cable covering or rusted under ground cable and body/frame preventing complete connection. Take the cables off, wire brush everything clean. Check for corrosion on cables. Clean battery post and cable ends. Make sure the clamps are closing completely and are not stretched out from bolt stretch.It happens. This problem has to be diagnosed from the source and then a logical path. I have seen this happen many times and it was just dirty battery terminals.  |
+1. I've run around in circles before testing things and replacing starters only to find that it was my battery cable. They corrode at the ends, so you can get a replacement clamp for a few dollars, cut the old one off far enough to get to nice, clean cable and clamp the new one on. Probably something that should be done anyways after 20 years or so of corrosion.