1999 S-80 T-6 Won't start. Short to ground?

SimLyons · Post by **SimLyons** » 17 Mar 2014, 17:16

Did some suspension work on my T-6 over the weekend. When finished I went to start it but no response. Put charger on the battery while jumping the engine with my wife's car. Got mere "glow" from interior lights. When I hit the starter all i got was some chatter (relay) behind the dash IN the car. Also heard some chatter in the engine compartment.

End result (right now): Battery is fully charged, same results when trying to start. The work I did was changing the ball joints. The only time I had the key "on" was to turn the steering so I could get better access to the ball joints.

Any ideas? Thanks for looking.....

SimLyons · Post by **SimLyons** » 22 Mar 2014, 18:30

It's resolved. Turned out to be a defective cell in a brand new battery. I hate to mention any brands but think of something ending in O-Vac.

I have a very old OE battery (8-9 years) which I charged up and everything is back to good.