This is the battery i use in my driving landrover. It throws that around fine. I dont think the battery is bad. Earth and positive are just jump leads i connect with the terminal and ground. I wouldnt think that is neccesairily bad?
Battery good, voltage no clue. It drains the battery rather quickly though. Maybe a short?
I could do that yes, what would/should it tell me?
well to start with, you should have at least 12.7v at rest, dropping to no lower than 10.5v while cranking
The engine is in a test rig. Its not connected to anything else; Ergo, its outside any wiring harness. Im just running starter cables from an external battery to the starter motor.
i will, yes engine turns by hand. Has a heck of a compression though. But nothing weird i presume. Has ran shortly with a fully charged battery and when it just "caught", if you get what i mean. Still turned slow, just happened to fire up. Makes me think there is nothing wrong with the engine per se
You'd expect the higher compression, although is it possible that the tappets are a bit loose, which wouldn't help?
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