Interesting problem with battery.

[Enid/Jeremiah <hispanicangeleyes@xxxx>]

Ok everyone. Here is one that's not quite as crazy as my last couple of posts.

Until I buy a battery kill switch, I have been taking the time to dettach the postitive lead to my battery every time I turn off my DeLorean. Well, last I used it was 2 days ago, and for Christmas as a unique present I wanted to give my Mom a ride in it since she had never ridden in a DeLorean yet. Well, I went to hook the battery up - first connecting the positive lead, then the negative. Using a socket wrench, I went to start turning the battery bolt on the negative side, and sparks flew all over. I don't mean one or two - I mean yellow, orange, red sparks went flying everywhere. To say the least, I was spooked, but I went on and attached the cables securely. Went to turn the car on, *click* - no start. You could hear the car turning over, but no vroom vroom. Went and tightened even more - *click* nothing. Did this about 5 more times to no avail.

To say the least, I was irritated and went back into the house in defeat. My fiance as she konked out to sleep suggested I undo both cables and try it again. Of course, I didn't want to, and I sarcastically told her that was futile. However, I swallowed my pride and volunteered to try one more time stating "I'm not expecting any miracles". Went out and decided for fun to switch the battery bolts. I connected the negative first, then the positive. I noticed that the bolt for the positive side seemed stripped, because I would get it snug and secure, and then it would just keep turning. I had no trouble unwinding the bolt out, but it never seemed to stop turning when I would try to tighten it. Anyhoo, I turned it until I felt it was nice and snug, and sat in the driver's seat saying to myself sarcastically "Whatever..." and cranked the key. VVRROOOOOOM! - to life my car came...To say the simplest, I let my lady know she was right (something some of you might want to just get
used to right now ;) )

My question - what the heck happened? Did I just not ever tighten it down right the last SEVEN attempts? Did I just not get a good connection? Was my battery on its last leg? Can someone give me a tip to two to keep from establishing a channel so I don't see those sparks again..? Would the battery kill switch save me this aggravation?

I was very happy to see my car behave, but I don't want to go through that again.


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