Eddie44 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Tues I was going to head out to the Geezer lunch. Went to start the Vette and it was dead, wouldn’t even turn over. I jumped it and ran to Auto Zone. The battery checked good. I made a couple stops on the way home and it started each time. Sat we were headed to Laughlin. I went out and started it. Moved it into the drive. When we got loaded and ready to go it was deader than a doorknob. Tried jumping and nothing. It made the trip trip out to Joe at Classic Gold this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chameleon Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe@cpr.com Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 I'm going to guess terminal on starter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie44 Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 3 hours ago, joe@cpr.com said: I'm going to guess terminal on starter. Hadn’t thought of that. I’ll let you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mikey Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 So, did you go to Laughlin in Kim's car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakti Vette Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Ed, Could be corrosion on the 8 gauge secondary feed wire to under hood fuse box. Seen it happen many times. What kind of battery are you using. If liquid I recommend switching to an Optima dry cell battery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie44 Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 6 hours ago, Mikey said: So, did you go to Laughlin in Kim's car? Yup, a quick switch of the luggage and we were off. Vettte sat dead in the driveway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P51tj Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 I "suppose" Kim's car was tearin up the route just like the Vette would.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extender32 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Hopefully it's all a quick fix for ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie44 Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 Turns out the battery was apparently shorting intermittently and finally just quit. I had it test and it showed fine. Started and stopped several time wo missing a beat. Parked it for two days. Came out it started fine but in the time it took to load up luggage it refused to start or jump. New battery and she appears fine again. Of course old battery was out of warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extender32 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 That is great news for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grape Ape Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Glad it was an easy fix and you're back on da road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theChad Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Sweet! Nothing major! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chameleon Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiperf406 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Bummer hope you still enjoyed the trip to Laughlin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1jester Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Left my C7 for three weeks with a new battery and when I got back from Asia it wouldn’t start. Seems like there’s always a drain on these batteries even when you don’t use them . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie44 Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 Should’ve left me the keys. I’d have kept em charged. What’s a friend for 🤓 Took mine out for a 50mi drive today to stretch her legs and get a good charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave64 Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Good to read a story with a happy ending... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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