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Car Forum / Chevrolet / Chevrolet Trucks / March 2005

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97 chevy s10 wouldnt start until I moved it a few feet.

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Ed - 20 Mar 2005 14:24 GMT
Had  something funny happen the other night. Went to go start the
truck to go home, (It has a new battery) the battery was dead.(all the
preset channels had gone away on the stereo) so I decided I would try
to kick start it ( the parking lot had a hill) I moved it only about 2
feet and then decided to try to start it again. It started right up!
Any ideas on this one?
I am thinking maybe the battery cable got wet going to the starter or
something like that ..

Thanks

Ed
Big Al - 20 Mar 2005 16:13 GMT
> Had  something funny happen the other night. Went to go start the
> truck to go home, (It has a new battery) the battery was dead.(all the
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> Ed

Check the terminals on the battery. Caution, don't over tighten the center
bolt or you will be sorry. Just be sure everything is clean and tight.

Al
Ed - 20 Mar 2005 23:16 GMT
I checked them they are pretty tight and it happened again exaclty the
same way. I am starting to think it is the solonoid.
Anyone know if the solonoid and starter are seperate ?

Thanks

Ed

>> Had  something funny happen the other night. Went to go start the
>> truck to go home, (It has a new battery) the battery was dead.(all the
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>Al
Steve W. - 20 Mar 2005 23:55 GMT
Not on a GM.

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> I checked them they are pretty tight and it happened again exaclty the
> same way. I am starting to think it is the solonoid.
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> >Al
Whitelightning - 21 Mar 2005 04:45 GMT
> Not on a GM.

Not exactly correct nor wrong.  The solenoid is mounted to the starter, and
can be replaced separately.  Better question is why?  You had a weird a
occurrence that has happened one time.  Moving the truck had nothing to do
with it, just a coincidence.  Given the truck is now 7 years old, if your
going to change something, change the complete assembly.  But unless this
has happened often, I wouldn't worry about it.
I would follow Al's advice and pull the terminals off the battery and clean
them, you need to remove the bolts completely from the cable ends and then
carefully with a small flat tip screw driver pry the rubber grommet ends
back to expose all of the metal part of the terminal ends on the cables.
clean with a wire brush and baking soda.  Clean the battery connections as
well, If the bolts look nasty, replace them, less than a buck a piece from
most auto parts stores.    Use the same small flat tip to get the grommets
back over the metal part of the terminals.  If you look you will see an
"o-ring" like protrution on these grommets that fits in a groove around the
connection area on the battery.  Its designed to help keep the connection
clean, so don't cut the grommet off the cables.   Use a 5/16 6 point box end
wrench to tighten them and they wont strip.  Tighten the bolts snuggly, they
don't have to be king kong tight.

Whitelightning
Ed - 21 Mar 2005 15:24 GMT
Happened again on Sunday.

>> Not on a GM.
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>Whitelightning
Rich B - 21 Mar 2005 17:46 GMT
Check for a loose connection on the solenoid (could even be a loose
terminal on the solenoid).  This happened to me only the two occurances
were one year apart (and it was a loose terminal on the solenoid).

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Whitelightning - 22 Mar 2005 05:28 GMT
> Happened again on Sunday.

If the terminals are clean, the battery is for sure good(forgot about open
battery, sometimes bus bars inside that connect the cells will crack), then
I would say its time to replace the starter.  Price is a fair indicator of
quality when it comes to electrical parts. Know the difference between
rebuilt, remanufactured, and new.  Rebuilt is test, replace only what
doesn't work, clean and package, often does not include solenoid.  Reman is
test, new or turned armature, new bushings and or bearings, brushes and
solenoid, clean and package, and new needs no explanation, every piece in it
is brand new never used.  Rebuilt in dire emergency, reman if cost is a
major factor, new if you want no problems for a good number of years.

Whitelightning
Ed - 22 Mar 2005 17:27 GMT
Thank you

Ed

>> Happened again on Sunday.
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>Whitelightning
 
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