Mustang repair- HELP!

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HOOPTY
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My mustang wouldn't start so i thought it was just a dead battery...i jumped it and was leaving the parking lot and it just died...and now it won't start...the battery is okay because the radio and clock works...can someone help me?!
Aug 23, 2006 at 7:01 PM
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MIKEYBDMAN
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[quote:fe2409d2a7="hoopty"]My mustang wouldn't start so i thought it was just a dead battery...i jumped it and was leaving the parking lot and it just died...and now it won't start...the battery is okay because the radio and clock works...can someone help me?![/quote:fe2409d2a7]

I would check the battery cables for corrosion and tightness. I would try a new battery, or a battery barrowed from another vehicle and have a local parts store test your altenator.
Aug 23, 2006 at 7:08 PM
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320HPPONY?
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Like he said! The batt is probably bad because the alternator is shot and the car was running on just the battery for a while.Clock and radio will run on a fairly small amperage so dont think that the batt is still good because of that.I have a battery that only has like 3 cells left that are good and i use it on my lil boat to power the CD player and q-beams,It wont start a car though!
Aug 28, 2006 at 2:01 PM
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TCOOPER
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I would try the alternator.Get it cranked take the battery cable off and if it dies the alt. is bad or the voltage regulator is bad.
Aug 31, 2006 at 8:28 PM
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HARDMAN
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The feul filter might be plugged you should replace them every 3rd or 4th oil change there only $6.00 any way and take 5min. to do.
Sep 4, 2006 at 2:49 AM
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SACRILIDGE06
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Check all the ground wires. then check the ignition module tfi could also be a bad coil.
Sep 27, 2006 at 12:39 PM
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BUBBA_KOSKI
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what you said is the alternator, a hint when yoou jump a car off, and it dies when you pull the cables off or within 10min, thats your alternator, i recommend just getting a rebuilt 20 dollar core charge made by palladium or just get new
Sep 28, 2006 at 12:03 PM
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CCM POWER
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Definitely sounds like the alternator. I had a very similar problem with a car I had a few years back. It did the same thing and when I replaced the alternator everything was fine again.
Sep 30, 2006 at 9:47 AM