[Miata] Battery dead then live again??

[Ken Bogart]

I recently replaced a 1 year old westco battery that just would not
hold a charge. I bought a wet cell from autozone.

It started right up every time for about 1 week. Then I pulled into a
gas stations to fill up and it was stone dead on a restart. Turns out
the positive battery cable slipped off the post. (I had just cross
some RR tracks that were really bad shape).

The advice - check for loose connections...

KEN


On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Butch Garcia <butchgarcia at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I left my miata parked for two days.  Well my battery died (no lights, no
> radio, battery terminals tight-- it is an autozone battery which seems to
> have been made by WestCo), and so I jump started it according to the
> procedures outlined in Miata.net.  I drove around for about 1/2 hr and then
> killed the engine when I got some gas. It wouldn't turn over.  I was pushed
> started and all was fine.  Drove the car and let it idle for about 1/2 hour
> more.  Came home turned off the engine, and tried to start it; it wouldn't
> turn.  So I ordered a WestCo battery.  The battery arrived a day after and I
> didn't get to try to install the battery 'till a day later or two days after
> I parked the car.  I tried to start it once more with the old battery and it
> started, and has been working well since.  Has this happened to anyone
> else?  Do you have an explanation for this?  Should I be looking for
> something else?
>
> Butch
> 91 Miata
>
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