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Originally Posted by John Clayton
Good call.
The other thing that I forgot to say is that (when it won't start in the above manner) it always then seems to fire up OK when you jump it off another vehicle.
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Originally Posted by Groundhog
If indeed it starts with a jump from another vehicle, and assuming you are connecting jump leads to the battery, then the only thing you are by-passing is your own battery so unless we are missing another piece of info are you sure your battery is 100%? Cars like these,especially as they get older, need a good battery that can spin the engine over with conviction.
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Same as
John Clayton, mine would jump start no problem, well, up until the day I broke down anyway. As
Groundhog states, you
do need a good battery to be able to turn the older cars over.
FWIW, back then my boy was eating batteries, at a rate of one/year, all cheap makes, and with the coil pack fault to boot, well, it's hardly surprising that the battery didn't have enough oompf left to start my boy on the day I broke down, it/they barely had the oompf to start my car.
(NOTE: I have since invested in a decent battery!
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