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Post by coopdog on May 2, 2010 22:47:08 GMT 1
went to go get a chinese tonight turnned the lights on and went to start it and every thing cut out, checked all the fuses nothing worked, then rang my dad and said to try the battery terminals, gave them a wiggle and fired straight away  so i know next time :L |
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Post by boycie101 on May 2, 2010 22:54:19 GMT 1
aslong as you learn it for next time, usually get those type of phone calls from my son bout 6.30am grrrrrrrrr lol glad it an easy fix for you  |
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Post by coedy on May 2, 2010 23:04:26 GMT 1
Also. my dad always says to me to start the car with everything off. Seems to make it easier to start |
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Post by ljonez on May 3, 2010 18:10:42 GMT 1
Also. my dad always says to me to start the car with everything off. Seems to make it easier to start wont make any diffrence as the main relay ( post 84) cuts power to every thing other than the coil and starter when cranking. hence why you have to use the white/pink coil +12v as a supply for megajolt |
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Post by coedy on May 3, 2010 18:35:53 GMT 1
Must be the placebo effect! ;D
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Post by taffy1967 on May 3, 2010 21:56:16 GMT 1
Glad it's running fine again, but it'd be wise to not switch your headlights on prior to starting her up.
In fact it's best to not have anything else electrical running when you start the car, because it takes a great deal of energy from the battery.
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Post by jd12345 on May 3, 2010 22:01:49 GMT 1
ha ha mine always does this! usually because i forget to tighten the terminals up again! funny though when you turn the key and nothing happens i usually get that *i hope we havent broke down again* look from my girl friend at which point i tend to have a little pray then scrurry round to the back to check the battery is on tight :-) usually does the trick!
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Post by taffy1967 on May 3, 2010 22:14:16 GMT 1
Is your battery secured by the bracket? If it was, then the terminals shouldn't come loose?
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Post by coopdog on May 4, 2010 21:02:07 GMT 1
i think it just arced
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