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Subject: [Shop-talk] [Roadsters] Slightly OT--car won't start
From: tputland at charter.net (Tim)
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:22:47 -0500 (EST)
Thanks again to all who replied. Sorry for the verboseness here....

I had checked the terminals, grounds, cables, etc. (learned about this 
part from the Datto!).

When the battery showed fully charged on the tender, I assumed 
(incorrectly) that the battery was fine.

This was my first experience with a failed battery AND a battery tender. 
I didn't know that a battery can show fully charged and still be bad (a 
new thing learned!!!).

So, after minor surgery to just get the old battery out ( I had to 
remove the air filter box, three hoses and two electrical connections to 
get to the bottom of the battery hold down as the nut and bolt were just 
spinning). I placed a different battery in the car and it was an 
immediate improvement in engine turn over speed. But the car still would 
not start. Since this new battery was too big, I had to go buy one that 
was the correct size. Once installed the car would still not start. 
Well, dumbassthatIam, there is not a car in the world that will start 
with the coil wire disconnected (had to move it as it was in the way of 
pulling a hose to get the air box out). So, reconnect the coil wire and 
it fired right up.

So, like i said, another thing learned!

My daughter, bless her heart, asked me if I wanted money for the 
battery! I told her not necessarily as I knew she HAD no clue what 
automotive batteries cost. The look on her face later on when I told her 
how much I paid yesterday? PRICELESS!!

Thanks again too all who replied!!

Happy Holidays All!!!

A little less clueless today than yesterday
Tim

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