So for the past ~two weeks I’ve dealt with the clamp that goes around my negative post had been slipping off of the post. Today before work(seems to be only when you have somewhere to be) I went to crank my car, to hear a single click but no start.
Now, the lights come on, AC goes full blast, and the headlights and radio work. I jumped the battery from my wife’s car with no luck.
Based on this, could you give me some ideas/options/advice on how or what to fix/check? I have minimal tools and virtually no mechanical knowledge.
Any and all help is appreciated. Even if it’s just a “damn. That sucks.”
Video update. Yes I knowy car is dirty.
Didn’t know this community existed but in case someone else needs it later: https://lemmy.world/c/mechanicadvice
Make sure your negative actually has good contact. For a time the jumper then goes from the inside of my fender to battery was bad and my truck would randomly die and wiggling that would get it to start again until I replaced the wire end. That said yiu probably needto replace the ends.
IIRC I had it replaced a few years ago due to corrosion.
I’m hoping that it’s just a matter of needing to tighten the contact around post since that’ll just cost me some of my time.
Even if you have to replace the connector, its a five dollar part and 2 bolts, if your comfortable tightening it, replacing it isn’t much more. Hopefully tightening it gets it.