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Re: My Car Won't Start !!

To: "Mark S. Lepore, M.D." <Sirmoog@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: My Car Won't Start !!
From: Henry Frye <thefryes@iconn.net>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 18:37:56 -0400
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Organization: TTC
References: <3.0.1.32.19970620072708.006cdb7c@peachnet.campus.mci.net> <33AAFC03.4096@ix.netcom.com>
Mark S. Lepore, M.D. wrote:
> 
> Help !!
> My car won't start !!  It is a 1971 TR6.
> All of a sudden last pm, it started to turn over, and then went dead.  I
> am not able to jump start it, but I can "pop" start it in first.  When
> it is running via the "pop start" method, it works fine, even all the
> electricals.  But when I shut it off and try to restart it, it is like
> there is not battery in it at all!!
> What could be the problem?  Why won't it jumpstart?
> Please reply ASAP.  Lots of problems in just my first week of ownership.
> Mark
> 
> PS - Please hurry.  It is stuck outside, and has no windows.  I fear
> thunderstorms...

Sounds like a poor connetion at the battery to me. 

Have you tried cleaning the battery terminals yet?
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