HELP with cranking

[99 Expy]

Hello once again everybody. I have a problem that I need to fix as soon as possible. A couple of weeks ago, when I would start my expy for the first time each day, I would turn the key and it would just click. I then messed with the connections and eventually it would start. It would then start fine the rest of the day. After sitting for more than a few hours, it does the same thing. It has only been doing it when it has been really cold. When I was back in Iowa for the turkey day, it did it once. I then cleaned all of the ground and positive connections. I have thought of replacing the battery terminal connections, but haven't yet. After I cleaned them, it started right up everytime, but it was above 20 degrees. I got back to Laramie and tried starting it today and nothing. Are there any tests I can do? (I put a charger on 12 high for a few minutes and all cells boiled) Does this sound like connections or battery? If anyone has any ideas, I would appreciate them very much. The temperature for the next week here is -10 windchill, so I would like to get this done in as short of time as possible.

Thanks
Zerick

 

[panda24619]

do you have an alarm? my gfs car has an alarm and no pod. so it clicks some times. she presses a button on the side of where the sensor is and no more problem. hasnt happened for at least a few months now.

 

[Racenut]

I would go to your local Autozone or Oreilly ( or any other parts house ) they usually have a hand held tester where they can test your battery and charging system in your car so that you don't have to pull anything. Being that cold it could be a battery getting weak.

If the battery passes, then I would look at changing out the terminals since there maybe some corrosion built up in the end of the cable itself.