[DeTomaso] NPC - jump starting a car

[Larry - Ohio Time Corp]

Charlie,

Putting the jumper on the chassis is fine but the starter is grounded to the
motor block, and that is grounded to the chassis. A lot of places as Doug
said, for a bad connection. Putting the (-) jumper cable on the block, not
to EZ in a Pantera, eliminates many of the potential bad connections.

Thanks,

Larry (sparks) - Cleveland





-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at poca.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf
Of Charles McCall
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 7:19 AM
To: Tomas Gunnarsson
Cc: Pantera list serve
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> 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
>
> <-----Ursprungligt Meddelande----->
>        *From: Charles McCall [charlesmccall at gmail.com]*
> Sent: 25/8/2013 8:00:25 PM
> To: 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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