Jim, What was going on here?
Rich -----Original Message----- >From: "J. Brady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Jun 17, 2006 9:05 PM >To: Chevelle Group <chevelle-list@chevelles.net> >Subject: [Chevelle-list] was it the heat? > >Today I pulled the '66 out to take to the local Cruise >Night at Fox Run shopping ctr. She rode great all the >way to the gathering, started fine when coming home, >and made it home with zero issues. I shut it off to >take some stuff inside, and came back out about 20 min >later to start it and no luck. It just "clicked". As >soon as I hooked up jumper cables to her, she fired >right up, so when it was running I checked the battery >and it showed that it was at 13.8 volts, which I think >means plenty of charge is coming from the alternator. >The battery was new as of October 2005, the starter is >a protorque ceramic starter, and this is the first day >in a looooooooooong time that I've ever had a starting >problem. So I must ask, was it just b/c of the heat >today (was around 94 here)? > >Or, should more than 13.8 volts be showing when the >car is running? I know the heat affects batteries as >well as engines, so I'm hoping that was the case. Or >is it maybe a crappy battery a bit early? It's a >DEKKA, always thought they were pretty good. > >Thanks as always, > >Jim >'66 Malibu > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com >
