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- Lancaster, Ohio
- Vehicle Year
- 2016
- Make / Model
- Chevy 3500HD
- Engine Type
- V8
- Engine Size
- 6.6L
- Transmission
- Automatic
- 2WD / 4WD
- 4WD
- Total Lift
- 5"
- Tire Size
- 35"
My mom called me today, she went to go out to lunch and her car wouldn't start. 2003 Chevy Impala LS.
I drive up there and the electrical is on the fritz, seems like a dead battery. Pull out the jump box and hook it up, it turns over slowly, but keeps stopping mid crank. I think the battery is shot, looks like the original.
Get under the hood, remove the brace and battery hold down, get all the wires out of the way, remove the bolt on the negative terminal, start on the positive and when I go to turn it the whole cable snaps loose with it still screwed into the battery part. The whole round part of the battery where the bolt screws in came off and it was dripping out battery acid!!!
I have never seen that happen before.
I had one hell of a time getting the bolt to come out because I wasn't able to get a good hold on it with anything.
Put a new battery in and it's fine, but has anyone ever saw a side post rot completely out?
I drive up there and the electrical is on the fritz, seems like a dead battery. Pull out the jump box and hook it up, it turns over slowly, but keeps stopping mid crank. I think the battery is shot, looks like the original.
Get under the hood, remove the brace and battery hold down, get all the wires out of the way, remove the bolt on the negative terminal, start on the positive and when I go to turn it the whole cable snaps loose with it still screwed into the battery part. The whole round part of the battery where the bolt screws in came off and it was dripping out battery acid!!!
I have never seen that happen before.
I had one hell of a time getting the bolt to come out because I wasn't able to get a good hold on it with anything.
Put a new battery in and it's fine, but has anyone ever saw a side post rot completely out?
