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Message: <blockquote data-quote="reanjr" data-source="post: 1725685" data-attributes="member: 20740">[edit]: IANACM (I am not a certified mechanic) <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />If it will not start after a jump then it is the battery (unlikely as it would mean the battery is not just dead but dead for life) or the starter.  I suppose there could be something more esoteric going on, but those are the two biggies.  Oh, listen for the sound of the starter clicking over as well.  If you can hear that then generally the car has power and no need to worry about the battery.  If you can't then, well, maybe you just can't hear it so it means nothing. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />  Also, may sound stupid, but make sure you give it PLENTY of time to jump.  Even if the headlights work, don't necessarily mean the car has enough juice to start.Coming from Illinois (with a car that old) to Louisiana, you might, just might be lucky enough that it just needs a hefty tune up for the weather change.  That can happen, especially on older cars (but not really older cars since they were not so picky about such things).I don't know if Murray's is nationwide (I think it is), but they tend to be staffed with very reputable and knowledgable employees (at least around here).  They would be able to test your battery for free to rule it out and they would even give you advice on how to go about figuring out what is wrong and they will tell you how to repair it yourself if you are mechanically inclined and they will even tell you when the problem is beyond the scope of the common man.Could also be an electrical problem if it is intermittent with no discernible pattern.  You would definitely need a mechanic for that as the wiring harness is very complicated on any semi-modern car (and most old ones).</blockquote>

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