I JUST PURCHASE A 1979 CHEVY TRUCK WITH A 307 CU.INCH ENGINE AND 3 SPEED STAN. TRANS. IT STARTS AND RUNS FOR A FEW DAYS.WHEN TRYING TO CRANK AFTER A FEW DAYS IT WON'T. PUSH STARTING GETS ME GOING AND IT CRANKS ALL RIGHT FOR A FEW DAYS,THEN WON'T CRANK AGAIN. I PURCHASE A NEW STARTER AND SOLENOID AND THAT STILL WON'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM. CAN YOU HELP ME AND THANKS IN ADVANCE. JD
1979 chevy
Mar 02, 2006
3 Replies
Cables, battery, bad ground. Could be a lot of things, start there.
diablo
Possibly a bad alternator. Make sure EVERYTHING is turned off(dome light too), remove the positive battery cable and look closely for some light sparking when you touch the end to the terminal. If there is, disconnect the alternator connections, and try the end to the terminal again. If it doesn't spark, replace the alternator...if it does spark, its a drain elsewhere.
Also, please don't type in all capital letters...thanx.
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