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Your 1984 Ford F150 has a bad battery but wont start with a jump even but the belt moves about 6 inches per crank then stops?
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When jumping a vehicle with a bad or totally dead battery, it is best to connect the two vehicles and let them sit for about 10 or 15 minutes with the "good" vehicle running before attempting to start the "bad" vehicle. This allows the dead battery a chance to build a charge so that the jump doesn't try to pull so much current from the good battery (which is already providing current to keep its own car running). Be patient and WAIT AT LEAST 15 MINUTES! Don't try starting the car every couple of minutes or you will drain the battery again and the 15 minutes starts all over. You also might want to replace to battery terminals on the battery cables. Most likely the stock terminals are made of lead and are subject to corrosion. You can get a great set of brass terminals from an auto parts store for about $5. They are really easy to replace -- snip the old ones off with about a half inch of cable (which has corroded with the terminal), strip an inch of insulation to expose the new cable, and bolt the new terminals on nice and tight.
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