[Roadsters] Slightly OT--car won't start

[Pete Koernig]

Don't trust the battery. Take out and haul to O'Reilly/Autozone, etc --- will
check for free.
Try jump start from battey on running car/truck
Be carefull
about starter fluid if Tempo is fuel injected --- could do harm (speculation)
Pete Koernig (waaay tooo much experience with kid's cars).
>________________________________
> From: Tim <tputland at charter.net>
>To:
datsun-roadsters: autox.team.net <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net> 
>Sent:
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 6:48 AM
>Subject: [Roadsters] Slightly OT--car
won't start
> 
>Sorry for the OT here but I cannot afford to have this car
towed to the 
>mechanic for diagnosis. I hope to deal with this one
myself.....
>
>92 Ford Tempo, less than 65K miles--legitimate miles as it only
had 51K 
>on it when we got it and had the original plug wires dated 1992 when
we 
>got the car. It was a true little old lady car. It has run decent since
>being given to us by my wife's dad for my daughters's use several years
>ago. Car has not really been driven much since my youngest went to 
>college
this past fall.
>
>Battery is fully charged right now with battery tender use
and fuel 
>stable put in tank a couple months ago. I tried to start the car
>yesterday (approx 35 degrees at the time) and it was acting like the
>battery was down on charge: barely turning over. I hooked up my battery
>charger, put it on the "start" setting and tried again. I basically got 
>the
same result with only slightly faster turn over speed. The starter 
>has
always sounded good and the car has always started since we got it.
>
>We have
had very little cold weather so far this season with temp in the 
>30s and 40s
during the day and only a couple nights below 20 degrees.
>
>I am going to get
some starting fluid in hopes it might be enough to 
>kick it going with the
slow starter speed but am not hopeful.
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>Thanks all!!!
>
>tim
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