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Old Jan 12, 2020 | 08:01 PM
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I have a 85 that was running great when parked.....now trying to start it it will start then the dash lights go out and it will die.....not sure why the dash lights are doing this but seems to be total loss of power to both lights and motor...is there a certain sensor of some sort that would cause this??? I have installed a new battery and it seems to stay charged. I did notice the volts read 11.3 with just the key on... is this about right or should it be reading more ? Any thoughts where to look first?
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Old Jan 12, 2020 | 11:42 PM
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A fully charged battery should read 12 - 12.5 volts. I would think 11.3 is a little on the low side. Do you have another car you can try to jump-start it with?

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This sounds like a bad connection of the battery cables to your new battery, or a bad battery cable.

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