Suburban dies suddenly

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Kris - 29 Apr 2006 01:09 GMT

The other day I go to start my 95 Suburban and it is dead as a hammer.
I do the customary "open the hood at stare blankly" for a few minutes
and then get back in and -bam- it starts up like nothing is wrong.
Whilst it was sitting there running I measured the battery voltage at
14.5V. The cables are all tight and clean. In fact the cables are 1
year old. The battery is barely 2 years old. So then I drive off
down the road and then it died. It was like I turned off the
ignition...no gages, no beeps, nothing. So I get out and once again
stare down the engine for a few minutes, get back in and -bam- it
starts right up. All of the fuses are OK. Any body have any idea what
might be going wrong? Thanks

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Shades - 29 Apr 2006 01:16 GMT

Bad connection at the starter...?

> The other day I go to start my 95 Suburban and it is dead as a hammer.
> I do the customary "open the hood at stare blankly" for a few minutes
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> starts right up. All of the fuses are OK. Any body have any idea what
> might be going wrong? Thanks

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Martin Riddle - 29 Apr 2006 04:58 GMT

Or sounds like the Bulkhead connector has a bad contact in it.

> Bad connection at the starter...?
>
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> > starts right up. All of the fuses are OK. Any body have any idea what
> > might be going wrong? Thanks

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SnoMan - 29 Apr 2006 12:30 GMT

>Bad connection at the starter...?

Not with this one because power is feed from a pigtail at battery, not
jumpered off of starter. Check all circut connections and connectors
and checl for a bad ground too.
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