Battery electrical contact is breaking down, esp when drawing high current.
Loosen and remove the Negative clamp and burnish with steel wool or sandpaper.
Get bat post and inside of clamp all shiny. Wipe away old grease and particles
with a rag soaked with rubbing alcohol. Let evaporate.
Install, tighten and try starting.
If you have a replacement clamp on there, the kind that takes the old bare wire
bundle and clamps the strands under a plate, undo all that and clean it too.
Problem there is shining up the bundle of battery cable strands. Better and not
expensive to just get a new black/negative cable of the correct length. Burnish
the frame end too, if that's the answer.
How old is the battery?
I've encountered failures internal, where it'll still power headlights, but
that pop and puff tells me it's external.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Kroninger <d_kroninger@hotmail.com>
Sender: datsun-roadsters-bounces@autox.team.netDate: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 06:21:46
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Subject: [Roadsters] Starting issue. Smoke = bad
Everyone,
I need some help. Over the last week, my car has been on jack stands while I
replaced and greased all my grease fittings. I finally finished last night.
I put the car back on the ground and tightened everything up. I decided to
take the car for a spin to see it is was less squeaky.
My battery has a quick disconnect on it, on the positive side. I attached
that and turned the key. The starter ran right away and turned a few times.
I shut it off since it did not start right away. I have not driven it in two
weeks, so this is normal. When I turned the key a second time, I heard a
small pop and saw a bit of smoke off the negative terminal. The starter did
not go at all. Turned the key a third time, same thing.
I tried a fourth time and now I get nothing. I pulled the lights switch and
they lit for a second, but now nothing.
I checked the battery, and the connections are tight. All fuses are still
good. The battery had been disconnected for two weeks, but has been strong.
Any thoughts as to why it would turn over fine, but then blow smoke off the
battery and die?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Dan
P.S. I did adjust the rear drums and added disc brake quiet to the front
discs, if that helps? Didn't touch anything electrical.
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