Bad Battery, Starter, or Alternator?

[sandorjoben]

Found the problem after I came outta the bank last night and found I had no power. Turned the headlight switch "ON", popped the hood, shook the positive, then negative battery cable, lights came on when I moved the negative. Turns out the negative had worked itself loose enough to go between having enough contact to complete the circuit and not enough and losing power. Got home and checked the threads on the negative connector and they're pretty worn so I may just get a new negative cable.

Dave

Don't know now if boosting it the other day was a good idea or not in retrospect but at least its starting consistently