Doesn't like to quickly restart.

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Turn it on, clicks off just fine. Shut it off then turn it back on, it's like it has a dead battery. Sometimes it barely has enough strength to turn the engine over. New bat, new alt, new starter, new neg cable, good grounds. Only thing old is the positive cable. Could that be it?
 

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You changed everything else. Why not that????
 
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You changed everything else. Why not that????
Was the last thing on my to-do list, then mother nature (that b*tch) decided to go -30f for a while. And snow.
 
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Battery connection, ignition switch, or starter
Connections are good. Starter is a month old, battery is less than a week old. It doesn't do it all the time, and weather the engine is hot or cold it doesn't matter. It starts nearly instantly, shut it off immediately, then about a 50/50 chance it will be slow to restart and act like the battery is nearly dead.
 

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Didnt u just buy a new batt for the car?
 

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Didnt u just buy a new batt for the car?
Yep. Sunday. Says 14ish volts on the gauge goes down to about 10-11 when it starts normal. When its slow to start it ia basically zero. New battery was made 12/18. Charges fine. Running voltage is also 14ish. Idk if its the starter or batt... I'm beginning to think it is the starter. It did this with my old battery too, but then again that battery also had issues. Pretty sure it had a dead cell. My starter I think got water in it and froze when we had a 35* day then back down to 10*. I had to use a blowtorch to free it.
 

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Shoot some contact cleaner in the ign switch.
What part would the switch play in this? It cranks, just super slow sometimes like the battery is dying.
 
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