DampLemonade
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Hey all,
Bad news. I took my truck to a welder shop to get a trailer hitch receiver put on, as I do not trust the quality of my own welds. I showed them where to disconnect the batteries and where to disconnect the ground strap from the PCB, but alas, the welders did not remove the ground wire from the PCB and now the truck wont start. They also left the battery switch in the ON position while they were removing and reconnecting the batteries.
I do not hear any relays clicking when I engage the starter switch which leads me to believe its the PCB, however the battery disconnect still seems to work okay. I did not have a starter tester or starter jumper on me when I went to pick up the truck today, so I can't say definitively that the PCB is fried at this moment, but before I try and tackle this issue further, is there anything else I should be looking at or considering? Is it most likely the welding fried something in the PCB?
Additionally, the shop wants the truck out as soon as possible since it obviously takes up a bunch of space. Is there a good way to jump the starter on the NHC 250 with it still on the truck? Just so I can get it home? I've jumped plenty of chevy starters with a screwdriver, but thats half the voltage and a tenth of the amperage. I'm assuming I'm gonna have a hard enough time getting them to reimburse me for a new PCB, I don't even wanna imagine the headache of getting them to pay for a tow truck to take it home.
I know it doesn't need to be said but it ran perfect when I drove it in. Woe is me
Bad news. I took my truck to a welder shop to get a trailer hitch receiver put on, as I do not trust the quality of my own welds. I showed them where to disconnect the batteries and where to disconnect the ground strap from the PCB, but alas, the welders did not remove the ground wire from the PCB and now the truck wont start. They also left the battery switch in the ON position while they were removing and reconnecting the batteries.
I do not hear any relays clicking when I engage the starter switch which leads me to believe its the PCB, however the battery disconnect still seems to work okay. I did not have a starter tester or starter jumper on me when I went to pick up the truck today, so I can't say definitively that the PCB is fried at this moment, but before I try and tackle this issue further, is there anything else I should be looking at or considering? Is it most likely the welding fried something in the PCB?
Additionally, the shop wants the truck out as soon as possible since it obviously takes up a bunch of space. Is there a good way to jump the starter on the NHC 250 with it still on the truck? Just so I can get it home? I've jumped plenty of chevy starters with a screwdriver, but thats half the voltage and a tenth of the amperage. I'm assuming I'm gonna have a hard enough time getting them to reimburse me for a new PCB, I don't even wanna imagine the headache of getting them to pay for a tow truck to take it home.
I know it doesn't need to be said but it ran perfect when I drove it in. Woe is me
