Posted: Mar 06 2010 at 7:42am | IP Logged

Morning FrontierGuy

I will check again today for the connections, but for the sake of arguement. How does a ground get tighter then loosen, then get tight again (or a rusted connection get any better).  I can see the battery charge being higher after driving during the day (no heater fan running, no headlights....) than at night. Or driving on the hightway will give a higher charge on the battery than city driving. But out of the 5 times it didn't start, it was during the day (once early morning), not evening?  I am totally baffeled

I am not critizizing your input what so ever. I appreciate you taking the time to think about it, and give me any idea's to check. I am mechanically inclined, but am NO mechanic, so I am just tring to get my head around your suggestion.

Thanks for sticking with this thread / problem. I will let you know Saturday night if I find anything for the connections.

cheers

Posted: Mar 06 2010 at 7:44am | IP Logged

Forgot to mention:

I was at the car wash last night and it would start when i went to leave. checked the lights when turning over the engine, and they definately went dim. If fact, the engine didn't start with the booster pack, until i turned the lights off. ??

Thanks again for any input

Posted: Mar 06 2010 at 7:47am | IP Logged

I should clarify,  when I say at the car wash at night. It was 4:15 pm, still wasn't running lights or the heater fan.   :) didn't want to contradict myself saying the problem didn't happen at night (after the sunsets)

Posted: Mar 14 2010 at 2:14pm | IP Logged

Update: Solution

Looks like it was the starter. I finally gave in and bought a new starter, not knowning for sure that would fix the problem. As soon as it was in, and started the first time (man it turns over fast now). The old one was slow turning over, just thought that was the way it was supposed to be.

No comparison now.

Hopefully this will fix the no starting once every 2 or 3 weeks....

Thanks to everyone that responded.

Cheers