Will not turn over

Tiny
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  • 1997 GMC JIMMY
  • 120,000 MILES
Will not turn over. Just clicks. Installed new battery. Drove 40 miles. Let set 8 hours. Try to start and it only clicks.
Wednesday, February 6th, 2013 AT 3:16 PM

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Tiny
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See if truck can be jumped to start you may have a draw on the battery causing it to go flat over nite. If it is then go to how to repair on site battery item 9 it will tell you how to check for a draw
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2013 AT 3:20 PM
Tiny
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Did you check your charging system? All battery connections clean and tight? Use digital multimeter across battery posts, everything off, what is the reading? Also, check for excessive battery drain. With everything off, the drain shouldnt exceed 50 ma. That is a generic spec, .050 miliamp not even a tenth of an amp. If the drain is too much, pull/replace fuses one at a time. When you pull the fuse on the problem circuit, the drain returns to normal.
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2013 AT 3:26 PM
Tiny
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Hey man, didnt see your post. Have a good day.
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2013 AT 3:27 PM

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