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Jun 20, 2002 | 12:58 PM

dewayne4

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It's dead - won't start

It figures, I am ready to take the car to the body shop for paint, but it won't start or even turnover. I have no power to anything!!! It started and ran fine on Sunday. Now NOTHING... I have charged the battery for 2 hours and still NOTHING. Please help. :mad

Jun 20, 2002 | 01:01 PM

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Re: It's dead - won't start (dewayne4)

Bad battery cable or connection...

Jun 20, 2002 | 01:03 PM

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Jun 20, 2002 | 01:04 PM

dewayne4

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Re: It's dead - won't start (427V8)

I have disconnected the battery and cleande the terminals. Still NOTHING. Where is the ground on the frame on a 79 vette?

Jun 20, 2002 | 01:12 PM

MikeC

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Re: It's dead - won't start (dewayne4)

Right below the battery tray on the crossmember where the frame kicks up..... all corrosion is not seen!

I had a battery cable go bad from what was probably a small puncture in the cable..... the cable looked absolutely fine from the outside

Jun 20, 2002 | 01:18 PM

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Re: It's dead - won't start (dewayne4)

Does the battery show a charge? Just cause you charged it doesn't mean it took it.. If so you could use your jumper cables to create a new ground to help isolate the problem.

Jun 20, 2002 | 01:39 PM

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Re: It's dead - won't start (dewayne4)

Here we go again. This is the problem......the firewall connector has a bad contact. The little blade connectors inside are so small it's a wonder they ever worked. It's the large red wire. To prove it out, just jiggle/push/pull on it while someone tries the key. It'll fire, guaranteed. This is so common it's silly really. I finally hard wired mine a couple years ago and have not had a problem since. I soldered the same gauge wire on the engine side, pushed the wire thru the firewall and soldered it on the inside to the same large red one. :cheers: