One important thing to note is that this was NOT at all a problem before the
winter. Then the van sat for the winter only being started occasionally. And
that keeps leading me back to battery.....

-Craig

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 12:53 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:

> Try tightening the nut that holds the power cables to the starter motor, if
> the nut is even still there. The symptom you describe is not that uncommon
> when the connection point at the starter is poor.
>
> Mark
>
> craig cowan wrote:
>
>> SO,
>> I have a mystery set of electrical issues.
>> My battery keeps testing good. ........
>>
>> Symptoms:
>> If the car sits for any period of time, even an hour, it will barely crank
>> over. Very Labored. Once it finally catches it runs great. If i drive it
>> for
>> more then 10 minutes, it will put enough of a charge into it that if i
>> shut
>> it down and restart it pretty promptly, it fires right up.........
>>
>