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Old Aug 30, 2010 | 06:45 AM
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friday i was driving too wrk and go too stop and hit my blinker and i notice that my radio is cutting in and out, shortly after that my gauge lights are dimming out also and the rpms are dropping and its trying to die then i come too a stop and it dies, go to crank it up and no power at all....so i thought it was the battery had someone jump me off and it started right up but then not even a min after we took the jumper cables off it dies again. so later that day i took the alternator off and had it tested it turned out it was good so i tested the battery and it was bad so i got another one...put the battery in and it ran like a champ for one day. the very next day exact same problem happened.. wat could this be by the way its a completely stock 95 sc400...any help is appreciated
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friday i was driving too wrk and go too stop and hit my blinker and i notice that my radio is cutting in and out, shortly after that my gauge lights are dimming out also and the rpms are dropping and its trying to die then i come too a stop and it dies, go to crank it up and no power at all....so i thought it was the battery had someone jump me off and it started right up but then not even a min after we took the jumper cables off it dies again. so later that day i took the alternator off and had it tested it turned out it was good so i tested the battery and it was bad so i got another one...put the battery in and it ran like a champ for one day. the very next day exact same problem happened.. wat could this be by the way its a completely stock 95 sc400...any help is appreciated

Check the ground cables. Good luck
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Old Aug 30, 2010 | 06:55 AM
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alright man will do...do u have any other suggestions?
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