96 Buick LeSabre has no electrical power

5 messages, Last post on Jan 09, 2009 at 12:55 PM

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#3 of 5 by tankerman1 Jan 07, 2009 (7:40 pm)
Thanks for the reply. I thought that might be the problem so I checked the voltage between the battery posts and that looked ok. Thinking it may be a bad ground, I checked the voltage between the positive side of the battery and the frame... that looked ok also. Am I missing something?
#4 of 5 by tankerman1 Jan 09, 2009 (12:04 pm)
Wonder of wonders! I took imidazol97's advice and cleaned my terminals and battery cables. They looked clean as a whistle on the outside but I discovered that they were badly corroded once I took the cables off the battery. A little sandpaper and elbow grease and now everything is as good as new! Thanks! Replies to this message: imidazol97 (Jan 09, 2009 12:55 pm)
#5 of 5 Re: [tankerman1] by imidazol97 Jan 09, 2009 (12:55 pm)
Replying to: tankerman1 (Jan 09, 2009 12:04 pm) Thank you for reporting back what you found. That will encourage others to check those side cables first.