Car won't turn over from key

JROC1997

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1972 CHEVROLET NOVA
V8
2WD
AUTOMATIC
49,000 MILES

New starter, battery good, lights come on. Turn it over with a srewdriver and starter it and try to shorted it out with wires to a switch and it would turn over weak and wouldn't start so I don't know what to do now?

Thursday, July 30th, 2015 AT 1:54 PM

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CARADIODOC

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Could you please straighten out that description? Which lights turn on? Your last huge sentence doesn't make sense. Please list the engine size.

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Thursday, July 30th, 2015 AT 3:07 PM

JROC1997

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My dash lights come on when I turn the key but when I try to starter it with the key it doesn't turn over I get nothing. I starter with a srewdriver and it worked fine but shut it off and still couldn't start it with the key. So I wired a switch to the starter be the turnING over is very weak and won't start and charge my battery and even got a new one didn't help. The engine is 307.

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Thursday, July 30th, 2015 AT 3:36 PM

CARADIODOC

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Hey Jroc. I'm so sorry for ignoring your reply. Did you figure out the problem yet? If not, do you have a voltmeter and know how to use it? Or do you have a test light?

Start by testing the battery's voltage. If it's 12.6 volts, it's good and fully-charged. If it's around 12.2 volts, it's okay but badly discharged. Charge it at a slow rate for a couple of hours, then check it again.

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Monday, August 24th, 2015 AT 8:52 PM

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