I've been spending countless hours trying to solve this problem - it's a total mystery even though it seems like it would be relatively simple to solve. I recently replaced my ignition lock cylinder and my alternator. I was driving it to work when I parked, turned it off, and went inside for 30 minutes. When I came out, the car was totally dead. I thought the battery had croaked, but there was no response even when I used jumper cables or a whole new battery.
I tried replacing the solenoid on the firewall and I have 13.3 volts at the terminal. I have nothing electrical in the car currently working - no lights, no radio, no clock, NOTHING. Even touching the battery cable directly to the starter doesn't turn it over, only gives a weak spark. Someone speculated that I have a bad ground on the battery. When I was working on it, I did remove the ground strap to the negative battery terminal. Is this my problem?
I tried replacing the solenoid on the firewall and I have 13.3 volts at the terminal. I have nothing electrical in the car currently working - no lights, no radio, no clock, NOTHING. Even touching the battery cable directly to the starter doesn't turn it over, only gives a weak spark. Someone speculated that I have a bad ground on the battery. When I was working on it, I did remove the ground strap to the negative battery terminal. Is this my problem?
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