OldSchoolAmerica
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Ran my truck last week getting ready for parade. No issues. Went out Thursday night for a drive and not even a click when hit the start button. Looked at voltage gauge and on border of yellow/red. Thought this was a simple battery issue. Pulled the tray and looked at the batteries and noticed some sketchy connections. Especially the battery interconnect cable pictured below. It looks like lots of heat being generated at the cable as well as one connector actually looks like the copper melted away. Picture was after I cleaned them up, but before I thought I was crazy and had a new custom cable built to replace it.
So.... ran to a friends Interstate shop and had them tested, one at 8.5V and the other at 12.5V also tested all the cells and they were OK. Also, when I pulled them I noticed the manufacture date of August 2010 on both, so I was glad they were almost new. Brought them home and charged them overnight. Then spent the evening cleaning all connections. This morning the one at 8.5V was now 11.5V and not going any higher and the other at 12.6V.
Dropped them in the box and grabbed my sunglasses ready for a ride. Hit the accessory switch and now needle at border of green/yellow. Hit start switch, now I have some clicks and maybe I heard a slight starter engagement/turn. Also, when I hit the start button the voltage gauge goes to bottom of red.
I still think it's a bad battery caused by faulty connection or possible the alternator not charging. Any other thoughts?? I typically would work this out longer, but I really want to get it running for the parade as I agreed to drive some vets who are really looking forward to it.
So.... ran to a friends Interstate shop and had them tested, one at 8.5V and the other at 12.5V also tested all the cells and they were OK. Also, when I pulled them I noticed the manufacture date of August 2010 on both, so I was glad they were almost new. Brought them home and charged them overnight. Then spent the evening cleaning all connections. This morning the one at 8.5V was now 11.5V and not going any higher and the other at 12.6V.
Dropped them in the box and grabbed my sunglasses ready for a ride. Hit the accessory switch and now needle at border of green/yellow. Hit start switch, now I have some clicks and maybe I heard a slight starter engagement/turn. Also, when I hit the start button the voltage gauge goes to bottom of red.
I still think it's a bad battery caused by faulty connection or possible the alternator not charging. Any other thoughts?? I typically would work this out longer, but I really want to get it running for the parade as I agreed to drive some vets who are really looking forward to it.
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