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

  • MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.socialOP
    1·
    1 month ago

    10-4. I think the slipping may be because my apartment has a speed bump directly in front of it(meaning I drive over it at least twice a workday) and the SC humidity is freaking ridiculous. But as soon as I get off work I’m going to try tightening the clamp nut. Fingers crossed that is the solution.

    • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 month ago

      Check whatever mechanism holds the battery down while you’re in there. Possibly it’ll be a metal strut across it held up with some long threaded rods or a plastic wedge thingy that engages against the foot of it. If your battery is bouncing around in your engine bay unrestrained it’s going to cause you problems. (Not least of which being occasionally shorting out against the underside of your hood, if it’s a top post type…)