[V8] Clicking + no start?

[Karl D. Middlebrooks]

Thanks folks. Battery connections were good and free of corrosion, but for 
some reason that battery didn't take a charge, even after sitting on the 
automatic charger. I guess in a perfect world, putting a battery on a 
charger results in a charged battery 100% of the time. On the upside, the 
solution was no more complex than putting in the battery from my 93 (that's 
down indefinitely to a dead transmission [sigh]) after I charged it up. A 
very "d'oh" moment for me.

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From: "Seamus O'Carey" <cheshirecatsbox at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 9:26 PM
To: <V8 at audifans.com>
Subject: Re: [V8] Clicking + no start?

> If you had to charge it I'm assuming it went dead at some point.  They 
> can't
> always recover from going dead.  You could also double check your battery
> connections and make sure they're tight and there is no corrosion.
>
> I'd be surprised if the issue you describe isn't related to the battery,
> though.  I've had the same thing as you described happen to me a number of
> times, in several different cars.  It's always been a dead battery.
>
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 9:10 PM, Karl D. Middlebrooks <
> benzeenprophet at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> You know, I just charged the battery before I put it back in the car, and
>> it's only about a year old.
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Seamus O'Carey" <cheshirecatsbox at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 8:51 PM
>> To: <V8 at audifans.com>
>> Subject: Re: [V8] Clicking + no start?
>>
>>  Dead battery.  I'd bet my grandma on it.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Karl D. Middlebrooks <
>>> benzeenprophet at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>  V8 #1 has developed a new and interesting problem...When you go to 
>>> start
>>>> the car, it makes a fast "rat-a-tat-tat" sound for as long as I attempt
>>>> to
>>>> start it, and is accompanied by all the console lights flashing in time
>>>> to
>>>> the sound. It's pretty loud. Is my starter not engaging? I loathe the
>>>> idea
>>>> of doing another starter job, when I just got done with one on V8 #2,
>>>> but....
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