Turned Ignition Key, Click - Nothing

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Aug 15, 2004 | 04:13 PM

champ

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Turned Ignition Key, Click - Nothing

Beautiful afternoon, jumped in my 94, turned the key to start it, heard a click and then lost all power (lights dash, etc.) Checked all fuses and they seem ok. Disconnected the battery, re-connected and power back. Turned ignition key, click lost all power. Any suggestions or ideas where to look?

Aug 15, 2004 | 05:06 PM

comp

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is the connection at the starter good, is the batt. charged, is the acid level up in the cells

Aug 15, 2004 | 05:39 PM

Wayne88

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You tried jump sarting it with cables???

Aug 15, 2004 | 05:46 PM

pettvette

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Originally Posted by champ

My 95 did that last week, both cables were loose at the battery.

Aug 15, 2004 | 06:07 PM

jfb

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You have classic symptoms of a poor battery cable connection to your battery posts. Remove the battery cables (neg first) and clean both the cable lugs and the battery posts and reconnect the cables (neg last). Starter motors draw 100+ amps and require a very low resistance connection to the battery posts. If you have a poor connection, 100+ amps cannot be drawn from the battery.