82 D50 Electrical Problem

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jester_s1 - 31 May 2005 23:26 GMT

I have an '80 Dodge D50 with the 2.0 liter engine. When I turn on the key,
I have power but when I crank I get nothing but a single click. Then
everything goes dead. If I remove the negative battery cable and bump it a
couple of times on the terminal, I hear it arc and then I can replace it
and have power again. But everytime I try to crank the truck it shuts down
all the power. The cranking problem has been occuring for about a month
now, but only once or twice before the truck starts normally. But it never
lost power before today, and never didn't start before today. Any ideas as
to what could be the problem?

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TranSurgeon - 01 Jun 2005 02:07 GMT

clean all the battery cable conections

if that doesn't fix it, replace the battery

> I have an '80 Dodge D50 with the 2.0 liter engine. When I turn on the key,
> I have power but when I crank I get nothing but a single click. Then
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> lost power before today, and never didn't start before today. Any ideas as
> to what could be the problem?

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jester_s1 - 07 Jun 2005 04:14 GMT

The battery cables are clean and the battery tested good. I guess the next
step is to get a multimeter and check the wiring, unless you guys know of
anything else?

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