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Old 04-30-2012, 04:04 AM
Jakester1994 Jakester1994 is offline
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Default Wierd car issue

I had a battery in my 01 ranger, the positive post was broken, and on friday, I got a brand new battery, Yesterday while driving home, the indicator blinkers came back on, so when I got home, I shut off my truck, tried restarting it, nothing, waited a minute, and it cranked right up.
this morning, I went to go move my truck to unload some wood I had gotten, it wouldn't turn over, after a minute, it turned over, so I drove it around for 10minutes, I got home, unloaded the wood, shut off the truck, and then tried locking the doors, and they barely locked, so I tried starting it up again, and it wouldnt turn over, after pushing on the brakes, and turning the key, it started right up.
What could be wrong? It didnt do this with a broken battery before.
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Old 04-30-2012, 04:55 AM
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Have you tested the alternater?
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Old 04-30-2012, 05:52 AM
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Default Re: Wierd car issue

Im about to run up to autozone and see if they can test it.
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Old 04-30-2012, 06:42 AM
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Default Re: Wierd car issue

Make sure the terminals on the battery cables are good and clean. Roll up a piece of sandpaper and clean them up nice and shiny.
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Old 04-30-2012, 11:50 AM
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Apparently the battery didn't have enough cranking amps.
Pepboys gave me a free replacement (under warrenty)
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