Actually if the battery measures low voltage, cleaning grounds won't help,
but measuring specific gravity and doing battery testing is a good idea.
Tim Economu
'69 BGT mona
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim <microdoc@apk.net>
To: Tim Economu <economu@whidbey.com>
Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: The prince of battery darkness strikes again.......
>Do change or at least clean the ground from battery to chassis. (cost $
0.25 for
>some sand paper or $ 1 for a wire brush.)
>Do a battery load test. (see Haynes manual)
>Do check the specific gravity of each battery cell. (cost $1-5.00 for a
battery
>tester at Sears)
>
>Jim
>
>
>Tim Economu wrote:
>
>> Todd:
>> A fully charged 12V lead acid battery will read between 12.7 and 13.0VDC
>> depending on temperature. The hotter it is the lower the voltage of a
fully
>> charged battery. A fully charged 6V battery will 1/2 of this range. It
sound
>> like:
>> 1) you have 2 paralleled batteries and
>> 2) they are both dead.
>>
>> Try charging them overnight with a very good charger, and then test your
>> car's charging system. At 2K rpms, your batteries should read over 14VDC.
>>
>> Hope that helps..
>> Tim Economu
>> '69BGT mona
>>
>> > Todd said
>> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 19:53:22 -0400
>> From: "Todd & Deb Tweedy" <lulusam2@sparc.isl.net>
>> Subject: The prince of darkness strikes again.......
>>
>> Well, Lucas the eternal prince of darkness has struck again.
>>
>> I can't get my MG to start. It will grown then click, click, click. It
>> even wipes out the clock on my radio each time I try to turn it over. I
>> have cleaned all the posts, replaced all the battery cable connections,
>> tested both batteries (each read about 11.80). I am at a loss. Could it
be
>> my connection to my starter? Help! I was so looking forward to driving
it
>> to the meeting in MPLS for the NAMGBR.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Todd
>> 69' MGC "With factory No-Start option"
>
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