Date:         Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:34:22 -0500
Reply-To:     Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
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From:         Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
Subject:      Re: Starting woes again
Comments: To: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
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Kim,

         Sounds like the problem is resistance...

         I assume you cleaned all the studs and terminals before
re-assembling (make those nice and shiny with a wire brush and/or some
sandpaper). If not, that may be your problem right there. Use that battery
terminal brush on the terminals and the inside of the clamps, too.

         If you did all that, then it's got to be the connections between
the wires and the terminals. If you've got any that are removable (like
those replacement battery terminal clamps), take them apart and do the
brush-and-polish on those, if that doesn't do it, it may be time to cut off
ends and crimp on new ones.

         Of course, it could just be a broken cable... but (as a recent
starter thread mentioned) copper doesn't *go bad* over time, the problem is
usually at the ends of the wires, where corrosion can build up
(corrosion=resistance=low current=no start) or mechanical connections can
weaken.

TIm
At 03:21 PM 3/17/2005 -0500, Kim Brennan wrote:
>Cables.
>
>
>On Mar 17, 2005, at 2:39 PM, Andy Morse wrote:
>
>>
>>What now?