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Originally Posted by Yak
I'm not really sure what connecting a set of cables to an empty set of terminals would do - if that's really what you were doing.
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I tried it both ways with identical results: first, I hooked jumper cables positive to positive terminal on the dead battery and negative to the chassis - where the neg. battery terminal connects to the body. Turned the starter - went 1.5 revolutions and stopped.
Then upon removing the battery I hooked it up directly to the open terminals on the battery-less car. Same results - not enough power to crank it.
Was thinking about and realized two things: 1) The car was pretty cold since it's been sitting in a cold for several days and 2) I have not yet changed the oil on it since I just purchased it and I think the PO was using /50 weight diesel oil (for whatever reason), so it's pretty thick....
Today while recharging the battery I've also hooked up the block heater for several hours. It's toasty warm now - just checked it.
Should be reinstalling the hopefully fresh battery now and giving it another try in about an hour - so keep your wrenches crossed for me... hehe
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