dead vette!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Racer
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dead vette!!!!!!!!!!!!
i got into my car today and the power was wierd but i wasnt in park and i switched the battery, it fired up fine and i moved it to put the new dash in that i just got, it starts to sprinkle so i turn the key to roll the window up and nothing, i found one blown fuse so i switched it-nothing, i hooked the cables to the battery and nothing, no power at all, but if im under the dash and i turn the key on i can here a very fint noise coming from the little speaker box thats hooked into the fuse panel that makes the noise when the key is on, but thats it no other power to windows or anything, its just plain dead and has no power, i have noidea what to do????????????????????????????
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Racer
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checked them both and they were tight and stuff, maybee i should just change them??? last guy rigged something wierd-the positive terminal has like 3 wire coming from it(red and small)
Cruising
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I had a similar problem which ended up being the negative battery terminal (cable). When i took it off I saw about 1.5ft of corrosion which had probably accumulated since 1977. Note, follow the cable through from the battery compartment through the grommet at the bottom and it mounts to the frame just underneath the car.
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Racer
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I had a similar problem which ended up being the negative battery terminal (cable). When i took it off I saw about 1.5ft of corrosion which had probably accumulated since 1977. Note, follow the cable through from the battery compartment through the grommet at the bottom and it mounts to the frame just underneath the car.
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Plastic body's and bad grounds go together. First remove and clean the negative connection under the battery at the cross member. It also may be worthwhile to inspect your shifting cable as ground is sometimes centered through that cable too. All these problems act as a bad starter or battery. Most of the time neither is at fault
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Racer
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Plastic body's and bad grounds go together. First remove and clean the negative connection under the battery at the cross member. It also may be worthwhile to inspect your shifting cable as ground is sometimes centered through that cable too. All these problems act as a bad starter or battery. Most of the time neither is at fault
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