Ralph D.

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> "Ralph D." <not@anytime.com> wrote in message
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> > Yup. Even went so far as to put a set of adapters on to change the side
> > terminals to posts on it after using my twister brush on the posts.
> Actually
> > like it better that way and will go with them when done.
> >
> I seem to remember that the ECM on some of those earlier cars were very
> sensitive to voltage levels, and I suspect you may have experienced this.
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>

So... here's an interesting thing I thought about along these lines:

Used to be that we just disconnected a battery terminal after a jump to see
if the issue was the battery or regulator/charging. Of course they now say
not to do that as it messes with the computer, so... If the car is running
off of the battery and the battery dies, how is that any different from
disconnecting it? I think that may be the whacky issues surrounding the way
it ran (and didn't) at first.

I called the parts yard and he said they only check them off the vehicle if
I wanted to bring it over... but he suggested the Auto Zone guy didn't have
a good connection when he clipped to the side terminals (which I thought
while he was doing the test) so I think I'm gonna give it a few days before
I go through removing it and dealing with being a car short on the roster
for the duration of time where I can rush over there after work and such.



Thanks