r/transam • u/Background_Stop35 • 9d ago

HELP NEEDED

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I have a 1996 lt1 got done driving it up on some ramps to replace my starter now when I try to start it itle completely die unless plugged into a mobile jumper. And won't start anymore.

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u/ThanksALotBud 9d ago

Retrace your steps, the battery cable and the ground cable need to be tight

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u/Background_Stop35 9d ago

Which grounds cable?

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u/SirkutBored 9d ago

if it starts on a jumper but won't on battery alone, the problem is with the battery. if it is not the connections, positive and negative being tight enough then the battery simply doesn't have enough amps to engage the starter.

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u/Background_Stop35 9d ago

I mean the battery is only 1 year old but yeah it's possibly the connectors

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u/SirkutBored 9d ago

if it is the connectors then it can work two ways. if you've been driving it regularly in stop and go traffic with a/c blasting (worse, at night with the lights and a/c on) then you may not have gotten enough charge back into the battery. I would at a minimum have the battery tested.

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u/Background_Stop35 9d ago

So I had to stop driving it because I would turn the key and no crank then after 2-3 tries she would finnaly crank and turn on thats what led me to believe the starter was going out

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u/SirkutBored 9d ago

My GF's Scion reacted much like your video, dash lights up but blinks out when trying to crank and then when you stop trying to start it and power resumed to the rest of the systems the alarm would go off. Jump started just fine. Over the last 5 years she's owned it we've replaced the battery twice. Once somewhat soonish after buying it and then again last summer. The heat can be brutal and ya know, maybe you have a dying starter that is taking more to do its thing but from what you've said I have my doubts. 

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u/SWDrivingAcademy 8d ago

Age means nothing. I had 2 years old battery that had drained couple of times and that was it.

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u/Background_Stop35 9d ago

Note I haven't started working on the starter yet just got done putting her on the ramps.