durrell24

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i had the battery on the charger all day. whats trickle charging? lol

durrell24

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Also if the alternator is bad would that stop the car from starting?

Gryffinwings

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Trickle charging is when you charge a battery slowly, which is what you were doing. Now the next question is, Is the car even turn from the starter? was the clicking coming on when you tried to turn the car over? If so then, either you have a bad connection from the battery to the starter, or you could have a bad starter.

I'm not sure about the alternator stopping a car from starting, IMHO I think not, the car may just run on battery until it's out, I could however be wrong in this.

rxtasy3

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the alt only has one job, and that's to keep the battery charged. a combustion engine needs air, fuel, and ignition to run. not an alt.

durrell24

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When I turn the key is clicks I think its the starter that does it. When I first threw the charger on it would rapidly click, now that's its been on for awhile it makes one constant click.

Gryffinwings

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Hmmmmmm.... might be a bad starter or the connection is bad and you may be clicking at the starter but your not getting enough power to it, you did say you could turn the engine manually correct?

durrell24

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Yeah the engine turns pretty easy. Could it be the grounds I looked and they all look rusty?

Gryffinwings

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It very well could be the grounds, you really need to clean those before doing anything else, because if I recall correctly grounds lead to the negative terminal. So my suggestion is to get those cleaned up and see what happens.

durrell24

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do you know where the grounds are located? i cant find there locations in the search

durrell24

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can someone help me put a video up? i made a video of what happens when i turn the key

captainbizzaro

Put it on photobucket or similar image hosting site, thats the easiest way.

durrell24

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i read on another thread that the click is just the starter trying to move and that i should hit it. when i hit thew starter it started sounding like it was moving but really weak. Is that because my battery cables are corroded or i have a bad starter?

john smack

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I would say so do the easy first, change/fix your wires going from the battery to the starter, and check all your grounds and ground wires. Be sure you have a charged battery.

durrell24

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do you know of a place that sells the negative cable, i looked and black dragon only has the positive one?

OneRotor

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Go to an Auto Zone/Murray's/O'Reilley's/Ace Hardware and buy new positive and negative cables. They're cheap. Clean grounds and you should be G2G.

durrell24

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alright i will thanks

RustyRacer

Take the battery back. Have them check it, after a month, my first battery blew up inside. Then clean the battery connections. The clicking only means the battery does not have enough juice to turn the starter. Are you sure you trickle charged the correct terminals ++ to -- ? Or crossed the + and - by placing the battery in backwards?

durrell24

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Yeah I placed it the same as the old battery. Positive has the extra cable that goes to starter right?

RustyRacer

That's correct. There should be a (-) ground toward the bottom of the suspension inner fender. Get the battery checked if you can, it will at least eliminate that as a problem.