Hi Folks...tapping this out from Iraq, so please bear with me. Battery tenders, proper rotations of things and all that other stuff aside..here is where I am at the moment:

My wonderful bride has been jump starting my '91, and running it some, every one to two weeks since my deployment a number of months ago.
She went out yesterday to do the same, hooked it up as normal, all the lights and whatnot came on. Turns the key, single click and everything goes dead.

She rechecked all of her connections, the jumper and battery cables, and fuses, but nothing seemed out of the ordinary and she received no additional power to the car. No lights, radio, etc. No smell of smoke or electrical fryage either that she could tell.

When I get home for my 2 weeks of leave (late summer) I will be working on my car to get it running appropriately again and put it on a battery tender. But for the moment, I could use some educated insight on other possibilities.

One thought I had was the stock "starter kill" that has (seemingly) randomly engaged at times .

I would appreciate any ideas, input, or feedback to pass onto my wife at home as she is quite upset at "breaking my Vette". I do love that woman

Thanks folks...

SOF Vette

 

hello -

sound like a bad battery ground. the first thing, i would check and clean all the connections at the battery. could be a little corrosion at the battery or at the negative battery cable chassis ground point.

(BTW, i appreciate the job you guys are doing over there - )

 

bad ground or the battery is just wore out, maybe some cf member that is close could change the battery for her i think that would solve problem stay safe geo.

 

Thanks you both for taking the time to respond. I'll have her re-check that again this evening.

SOF Vette

 

Thank you for serving for us!

 

Thank you so much for the outstanding job you are doing.

 

Grounds and Battery are a good start. Make sure she's careful on the jump starting, and could be one of the fuse lines behind the battery got blown...

Be careful & keep your head down _ Nam Vet-Vinnie

 

Hey, Army, come back all intact.

 

BD / Thomas / Vinnies / Redwing-
Thank you all for your kind words of support for our Nation's mission here. They are greatly appreciated amidst the current press.

Vinnies-
I'll be certain to ask her to re-check those fuses specifically.
Thank you

SOF Vette

 

I have a battery so dead that it wont even jump off, put a new battery in her and she fires right up.

LIKE SO MANY OTHERS SAID THANKS FOR SERVING, GOD BLESS AND TAKE CARE.


cRUIZER

 

these things have a habit of eating batteries, perhaps she should leave it run longer.. Dont these not actually start charging til after a certain rpm?