Re: IML: no start

["Rob P" <fristpenny@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> >From my experience, when loose terminals is the problem, a big spark 
> takes place
> in the gap between the two terminals, and you "lose power" completely, even 
> for
> the lights or radio.  Its as if somebody disconne\cted your battery.  Then 
> you
> go out there, you jingle the terminals, power is restored, then try to turn 
> the
> starter again, and the same thing happens all over.  If you are watching, 
> you
> see smoke coming from the loose terminal.  Then you hit the loose terminal 
> with
> a hammer, and it works temporarily.
>
> That has happened lately to all my 3 cars, being cheap and using terminals 
> that
> cannot be tighened any more!
>
> D^2

I'm cheap too, but the reason I am living with this problem on two of my 
cars (including an Imperial) is that there are no easy replacements for the 
positive battery cables.  The negative is a simple remove and replace, but 
the positive has a couple of wires and disappears into the harness. I guess 
I have to replace the terminal end, but I figure that'll end up as big a 
hack job as what I'm living wtih now.

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