Quote Originally Posted by willowbilly3
I did replace all the cables about a year ago to get rid of the clamp on ends from the previous owner. So far it hasn't acted up so I am thinking the battery had an intermittent short. That will be a first in my 40 some years of wrenching to have a battery come and go, they usually just go.
Over the years I've had a couple of batteries develop weak cells and one of them was barely 6 months old. They would take a charge but they wouldn't hold it and a load test confirmed it.