Depends on how much cranking is needed to get it started. If you are doing the cam break in, the idle should be high enough to charge the battery. Go to Harbor Freight and get your own battery tester. Fine for personal use. When it gets started see if you are charging. I'll try to dig up the switch trick. I can't promise anything. It was quite awhile ago I did it. I later changed to 16 and 18 volt stuff.
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Originally Posted by camaro1969
thanks
im intereted in the trick your talking about, would be nice to have the car start at least 3 times before the battery is completely drained.
Is it normal thought for the the old cars, that if you start it, and the battery isnt charging, until driving, that you can only maybe start it 1 or 2 times before theres not enough juice to start?
I have my rad fan connected directly right now to cool it during the idle, plus doors open, so courtesy lights are on, heater fan is also blowing so the bats taking a beat without it actually charging.
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