Bad battery ground?

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Mark McCulley
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 4:46 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Trouble starting

Are you sure you fully charged the battery? It seems very unlikely that something else would go wrong at the same time. Possible, yes, but unlikely.

-Mark

On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 7:46 AM, B Feddish <uprightbassghost@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> I am scheduled to leave later today on a camping trip.   The van battery
> was dead because I left the interior light on the other day.  I 
> charged the battery and turned the key but nothing happened. I tried 
> to jump start but nothing.  The starter makes no sound whatsoever.  If 
> I crawl underneath and connect to 2 large connections together the 
> starter spins but does not engage.
>
> What are the next trouble shooting techniques to determine what is wrong?
>
> 1983.5 WC
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan
>