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Old 07-15-2010, 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by mpls_apple View Post
...drove it around for 15 mins or so. when i shut it off and tried to start it again it made the clicccckkkkkk sound with all the dashlights on.
That amount of charge into a flat battery won´t do diddly, the battery itself may or may not be totally shot (but I´d stake money it is), but to put some meaningful charge into a flat battery will need much more driving as a flat battery won´t take full altenator output as charge.

A better test would be to refill it then put it on trickle charge overnight...
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