[Healeys] Electrical Question

[Alan Seigrist]

Paul -

Your battery may not be bad.  If the terminals are corroded, you won't
have a complete circuit and the car dies when you pull the jumpers.
That's be cause the jumpers are completing the circuit through the
other car's battery.

Take the battery cables off the battery and run a battery terminal
wire cleaner on the terminals and the cable clamps, and reattach.
Should fix your problem.  Very common problem with a car that isn't
driven much.

Alan

On 4/5/10, PG <britishcars at shaw.ca> wrote:
> The car starts on jumpers from another vehicle..but, as soon as the jumpers
> are taken away, the car dies...
>
>
>
> Even if the battery is bad, should the car not run on the generator?  Unless
> of course, it is bad.   It reads about 12 volts but vascilates sometimes
> down to 4 or 5 volts then back up again...rapidly.   The Battery is old and
> is likely finished.  However, should the car not run regardless?
>
>
>
> Paul
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Alan

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