[DeTomaso] NPC - jump starting a car

Tomas Gunnarsson guson at home.se
Mon Aug 26 09:17:03 EDT 2013


Sounds like there may have been corrosion between posts and clamps and
poor conduction between jumper clamp and battery clamp.
 
Tomas

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 	  	 From: Charles McCall [charlesmccall at gmail.com]
Sent: 26/8/2013 1:19:08 PM
To: guson at home.se
Cc: detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC - jump starting a car 


I tried both. I began by grounding to the chassis, and when I got
desperate I connected directly to the terminals of the bad battery. No
difference. 


On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Tomas Gunnarsson < guson at home.se
<mailto:guson at home.se> > wrote:


	How are you jumping the car? Are you connecting the cables to
the terminals of the bad battery or are you grounding the donor to e.g.
the engine block? I would start by disconnecting both battery terminals
and thoroughly cleaning them.
	 
	Tomas
	
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 	  	 From: Charles McCall [ charlesmccall at gmail.com
<mailto:charlesmccall at gmail.com> ]
Sent: 25/8/2013 8:00:25 PM
To: detomaso at poca.com <mailto:detomaso at poca.com> 
Subject: [DeTomaso] NPC - jump starting a car  


Hi all 



The car in question hadn't been started in literally 3 months. I went to
start it on Thursday and the battery was discharged. I hooked a trickle 
charger up to it overnight, and Friday morning the car started just
fine. 



I drove the car during the day, had no trouble starting it on the 4-5 
occasions I had to start it. 



Today, Sunday, two days later the car wouldn't start again (I was going
to 
move it to hook the trickle charger up to it and let it charge for a
week or 
however long it takes to completely charge). I got some jumper cables
and am 
trying to start the car but it won't turn over. 



When I turn the key, the interior light goes out which indicates to me
that 
the battery is discharged. I hooked up the jumper cables and the car
still 
won't turn over (and the interior light goes out). 



If I turn the headlights on on the car with the dead battery, I can see
that 
the lights get noticeably brighter when connecting the jumper cables so
I 
have to believe that current is reaching the battery. What can possibly
be 
the problem? 



If the connection weren't good, then the headlights wouldn't get
brighter. 
But on the other hand, if the connection were good then the interior
light 
wouldn't go out when I try engaging the starter, right? 



This is kind of a problem as now the dead car is blocking the good car
from 
getting out of the garage (and therefore going to work tomorrow!) 



Thanks! 



Charles McCall 
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1985 DeTomaso Pantera #9375 
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