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Old 09-09-2013, 05:13 PM
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Start by cleaning battery connections and inspecting the cables and the connections at the starter. If those check out it's pretty likely that your starter is going bad. Tapping on it before trying to start will sometimes get it to work a few more times before it give up altogether.
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