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Digital Paint Community => Other Stuff => Topic started by: jitspoe on February 22, 2008, 02:37:20 PM
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This isn't a good combination. I'm not sure what happened. My car was working fine. I drove it all the way here, then later went to get some food. Not long after that, I was going to go to the store. Turned the key, and nothing happened. There's a feint click, and that's about it. The lights come on, so I don't think the battery is low. It's like it doesn't even try. Just... nothing. It's a Chrysler Concorde, if anybody has any ideas.
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take a wrench, hammer, or anything with any bit of weight and tap on your battery terminals. They could be a bit loose or corroded.
If they are corroded, get a can of coke/Pepsi and slowly pour over the terminals to neutralise the acid.
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take a wrench, hammer, or anything with any bit of weight and tap on your battery terminals. They could be a bit loose or corroded.
If they are corroded, get a can of coke/Pepsi and slowly pour over the terminals to neutralise the acid.
I think he actually wanted ideas on toilet paper replacement...
"excrement and a shower"
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TP??
Just use your sock.......
If that's not enough, turn it inside out....
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TP??
Just use your sock.......
If that's not enough, turn it inside out....
LOL
KnacK, I really hate that I love you.
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<3
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I think this is my favorite thread ever.
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I used the sock technique once when camping. Only the sock belonged to my mate who was rediculously drunk and passed out. I put the sock back on his foot after use, He wasn't happy in the morning. =p
~MT
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LoL
2muchmagicaltree
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A week previous he shaved off one of my eyebrows, It was more than fair.
~MT
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It's known as 'larking about', an integral part of british culture. The further north you go, the more likely it is that larking about will end in a screwdriver head busting your lung.
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Sweet! I found some toilet paper. Not mine, but I'll take it.
I had to go to the leasing office to take a dump earlier today, lol.
Now I'm hungry and already over my minutes on my cell phone, so I don't want to call anybody for delivery. :-\
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Kill your neighbor and eat him/her. It's environmentally friendly, too!
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I <3 this thread too, nice find on the toilet paper :P
Does the feint click (sic? I'm aware of the word feint, just doesn't make sense here to me) repeat several times in a row very fast? Does it sound like a paintball gun that's out of ammo?
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This isn't a good combination. I'm not sure what happened. My car was working fine. I drove it all the way here, then later went to get some food. Not long after that, I was going to go to the store. Turned the key, and nothing happened. There's a feint click, and that's about it. The lights come on, so I don't think the battery is low. It's like it doesn't even try. Just... nothing. It's a Chrysler Concorde, if anybody has any ideas.
did you find out what was wrong with the car?
first trying messing with your battery terminals like knack said. when you turn on the lights do they sort of flicker, or is it just a nice constant beam?
it could be the starter solenoid. how long ago was the starter replaced? when you try to turn on the car do the dash lights flicker?
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I'm thinking starter too, Jitspoe is it the '00ish Concorde?
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OK, I just tried it today and it started right up. It did rain slightly. Not sure if that has anything to do with it.
y00tz - I meant faint, as in quiet. For some reason I was thinking it was the other spelling so as not to be confused with faint, as in to pass out, but now I guess it makes sense that they're the same word.
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It's known as 'larking about', an integral part of british culture. The further north you go, the more likely it is that larking about will end in a screwdriver head busting your lung.
Southern meddling fairy...
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Southern meddling fairy...
Fairies? WHERE?!
/me grabs 12 gauge
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lock 'n load Z-Man
/me grabs the glock
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Ok, new development. My mom came up to help me unpack and get furniture. When I tried starting the car this morning, it started right up. So we went to batteries plus since everybody I talked to seemed to think it was battery related. The guy there said they couldn't do anything since they didn't have the tools to get the battery out. Unfortunately you have to take like half the engine out or remove the front right tire to get the battery out. He suggested Sears, so we went there. It was a busy day, so the guy said it would be about 3 hours before they could look at it, and they'd give me a call before replacing the battery or anything. We wandered around the mall for over 3 hours (I think my cumulative lifetime mall time just quadrupled) and never heard anything, so we headed back to Sears. By now, there were different people working. The guy asked for my name, pulled up my file, and said, "Ok, that's $29.95". I'm like, "Uh... so did they find out what was wrong?" "Well, they ran tests and the battery was good."
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I look at the results, and the battery, alternator, and starter are all OK, so I guess that eliminates some variables, but doesn't fix the problem. Whatever. We just wanted to get out of there. I go out to the car and turn the key.
Click.
Nothing happens.
So I get out of the car and walk right back in to Sears and say the more courteous version of, "WTF, mate?" to yet another person, since the guy I just talked to was busy with somebody else. He checks with the technician who supposedly ran the tests twice then states, "We don't do electrical work here."
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By this point, it was too late to take the car anywhere else, and by take, I mean call a tow truck. I figure I might as well try starting it a couple more times. I pop the hood and have my mom turn the key. What was once a faint click was now a very distinctive clank. Like I was tapping the engine block with a spoon. Just one clank, then nothing. On the 4th try, the car just magically started, so I just drove it back to the apartment. I tried starting it several times once I got back and it worked each time.
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Call Cartalk!
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It really sounds like a loose cable either on the battery, start solenoid, or the starter itself.
I would take it to an indy shop and have them give it the once over.