All great tips.

And, after that you could take the battery in and have the tester put on it.  mine showed problems with cold cranking.  I put in a new battery and all good for the last two years. 

Testing it could at least eliminate the battery as the cause.

Best,

Eric 

> On Sep 10, 2017, at 5:04 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>       A Lot of "Bad Battery" Verdicts are not Bad Batteries @ All but just Dirty Cable to Batt' connections ~
> 
> They can even Look Clean yet have a Very Thin layer on them that prevents a Good Charge & an Even Worse
> 
> Discharge the next time they are called upon to Crank the Starter ~ So do a Good Clean of the Cable Ends &
> 
> Batt' Posts > Get a Jump Start from a Running Vehicle or a Push Start of Your Van If It has a Man'Trany &
> 
> run it for while (Without Headlights or Fans) to see if the Batt' will Recharge ~ If It takes a Charge but seems
> 
> to wear down easily, a Good Long Duration charge Via a Good Batt' Charger may Resurrect It ~ 
> 
>                                                                                       ORR ~ DeanB
> 
> On 10 Sep , 2017, at 2:32 PM, Eric Caron wrote:
> 
>> Hi Carl,
>> 
>> Sounds like a bad starter battery is the place to start. 
>> Mine acted just like that and though the starter battery was not that old and powered other things it was bad for cranking.
>> 
>> Eric Caron 
>>> On Sep 10, 2017, at 4:09 PM, Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>> 
>>> after not using the van for a few weeks, I tried to start. Engine tried to
>>> turn over but very lazily. Added a booster battery but still very lazy
>>> turnover til eventually battery gave up.  After a few minutes of rest,
>>> attempted again to start but nothing whatsoever. No sound at all. After
>>> another few minutes of waiting, I tried again. And now very loud and fast
>>> clicking noises but nothing else. Can't describe it better :-(. Any
>>> suggestions?
>>> 
>>> Karl.
>