Thread: Can't get the engine to fire................Help, please.....
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Old 03-22-2010, 07:34 PM
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First firing of my 302 was just not happening. Checked EVERYTHING over and over, no fire. As I tinkered and continued to crank, the battery got weaker and weaker, as evidenced by the slowing starter cranking.

Then, I put a pair of jumper cables on it so I could keep cranking and working.

It fired right up!!!

Tim Brown caught all this on video...

Battery was brand new, but weak. Turns out (I figured this out months later) the battery had a bad cell.

Perhaps your system is not getting the proper voltage. Hope you benefit from my folly.

DD
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