battery dead or not

1997 MERCURY COUGAR
269 MILES
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ROY BARNES
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the battery seems to die and then come back to life. it may die or i may kill it and then the battery appears to be down. a couple of hours later i will try it and it starts right up. it acts as if something gets hot and the battey shorts out and when the thing cools down a little, it no longer is shorted and the car starts. have cleaned the connections.
Jan 7, 2012 at 3:56 AM
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