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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy
Second battery wouldn't help low compression. If the compression was low it would be a pita to start when it got cold. Having a second battery will let you crank a lot longer. It could also mean a number of other things, weak starter, bad ground, or just a weak original battery. Maybe the PO was to cheap to buy a new battery and sistered a weak one up to another marginal battery. 
People do strange stuff more investigation is needed. If it were my car I'd remove it and restore everything to stock. |
and put a block heater on it for good measure if that one doesn't have it...unless you live in the deep south.
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