[T3] Hard Starting

[Mara Johnson]

Hi Sean,

We are having bad weather here, will check your suggestion as soon as I
can, wondering same thing.  Will get back to you.   I am so grateful for
your support. I really want to get my trusty car back into trustyville.
Mara

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 12:17 PM, Sean Bartnik <sjbartnik at mac.com> wrote:

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> To test for a parasitic drain:
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> Disconnect negative battery terminal from battery. Connect your multimeter
> in series between the negative battery cable and the negative battery post.
> Make sure you connect the leads to the meter properly, there's usually a
> separate jack for current measurements.
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> Get in the car, close the doors, make sure everything electrical is turned
> off, then turn your meter on and measure the current. Start with A and
> switch the range to mA if the results are low enough.
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> Report back your reading.
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> Note, do not turn ignition on or try to start car or turn on any large
> electrical consumers while doing this test. Most meters have an internal
> 10A fuse, if you try turning something on you can blow your meter.
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> Also what is the voltage reading across the battery terminals just prior
> to one of these hard starts?
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> -Sean
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> > On Feb 17, 2017, at 3:09 PM, J. Jonik <j_jonik at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > Re/ 71 T-2 Std.   It's been cold out so maybe some starting problems
> happen...but, my battery checks out Good at the Auto Shop.- Once when start
> attempt got weaker and weaker, a neighbor loaned me his Jump Start thing
> and car started right up.- Went home and put battery on overnight
> charge...even though my gravity tester thing showed all cells right up to
> the top.  Started good in the morning...with warm battery anyway.- Later
> that day starting got a little sticky again...cranked, cranked, then
> started. That's when I went to get battery checked at an auto store.
> Battery good.- Next day...hard to start again...but it did.
> > So....question is, can there be something funny in the car itself that's
> maybe weakening the battery after sitting overnight or even for maybe five
> hours in daytime?    Any way to test for some little juice drainage when
> car (and radio and everything) is off?
> > Does success of the Jumper Box tell us that the starter's ok?
> > Didn't yet put in new clean fuel filter.   Does that have bearing on the
> case?
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