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Old July 11th 05, 06:12 PM
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Could be that the electrical contacts between battery and starter motor are
corroded/bad. Try cleaning the contacts of the battery and starter motor
solenoid. Also check all ground wires.

SFC

"Fred Mann" > schreef in bericht
.. .
> Hello all,
> I have a '79 Rabbit that has trouble starting. I was told a while back by
> the local battery dealer that my alternator was not putting out enough
> juice. I've still managed to get it to start easily by charging it
> regularly. But in the last two days, it struggles when I turn the key. It
> *sounds* like a dying battery, but when I try to jump it off of a good
> battery, I get the same thing -- a slow "rurr-rurr-rurr-rurr". For what
> it's
> worth, the battery charger shows full charge as well.
> I recently did a radiator flush and probably got a number of electrical
> components wet. So, perhaps that's a contributing factor, but I think this
> started just prior to the flush. Of course, I suppose it's possible that
> my
> jump start experiment is not conclusive either.
> Any ideas?
> Thanks,
> Fred
>
>



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