Tomek, did just that. Hooked up my meter, watched for a minute, turned on the key. nothing.
Took a screw drive to the terminals, undid battery and checked the ohms on the system, just to see
reconnected the battery, turned the key, it fired up. perfectly. I then rechecked the battery, it was bouncing like crazy.
I take it the battery is shorting somewhere inside, will take it to the shop to get tested.
Thanks for all the suggestions, they did work
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