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My experience has been that this is caused by a poor connection at the battery. this is especially true with GM side mount battery terminals. Sometime, they seem to make good connection and the engine starts fine, but, at any time, they can fail to start. The best solution is to change battery cables for the top post mount like that used on marine applications and Ford products. I often wonder why GM sticks with these terminals because my first encounter with the problem was before 1970.

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