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Originally Posted by eric.e
Maxbumpo was kind enough to meet me during lunch yesterday, and we checked all the battery connections with his multimeter. It seemed that everything was fine. I jiggled both the pos and neg battery connections to make sure they were snug and we visually checked the connections to the starter.
After that I tried it again and it started right up. No problem.
Upon further and closer inspection to the battery connections, Max noticed the pos cable had some corrosion and even a few of the thread within the cable were broken. He suspects that was the issue. I am inclined to believe him, but am a little hesitant to fully trust the starter, since I'm not sure how old it is. He seemed to think it wasn't the original, but I don't have any records showing when it was replaced.
For now though, she's starting right up as usual and running smooth. Going to replace both battery cables asap.
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The starters are tough to wear out. I have at least five good ones lying about and never need any.
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