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Lately I have been having a hard time starting the engine, the first turn of the "Run" will produce 1/2 turn of the engine (1/2 a Jiggy).... let it rest for a second or two and at 2nd try one full turn or even two and then nothing, on the third try I get 3 "jiggy Jiggy Jiggy" (Will Smith style) and the engine turns on.
I removed the batteries , put them in parallel and hoked up a 1 Amp trickle charger for about 30 hours, the batteries (after some rest w/o charger connected) read 12.87V with a difference of .1V between the 2, I then hooked them up in series and got 25.75V, put them back on the truck with 4 brand new battery terminals and the results were that this time I still got a struggling starter but it took 2 turns of the "RUN" switch instead of 3.
As a side note I was able to use this box to jump start the engine w/o batteries and i still saw some struggle but it turned on. So now I am confuse and don't know if the problem is in the batteries or someplace else.
My voltmeter inside the car reads 28.3V while traveling and about 28.1V idling and the alternator gauge is pretty much in the center of the green zone (as indicated by the blk line in the picture) slightly below the little white mark on top of the green zone, are these readings pretty normal or on the low side...?
I removed the batteries , put them in parallel and hoked up a 1 Amp trickle charger for about 30 hours, the batteries (after some rest w/o charger connected) read 12.87V with a difference of .1V between the 2, I then hooked them up in series and got 25.75V, put them back on the truck with 4 brand new battery terminals and the results were that this time I still got a struggling starter but it took 2 turns of the "RUN" switch instead of 3.
As a side note I was able to use this box to jump start the engine w/o batteries and i still saw some struggle but it turned on. So now I am confuse and don't know if the problem is in the batteries or someplace else.
My voltmeter inside the car reads 28.3V while traveling and about 28.1V idling and the alternator gauge is pretty much in the center of the green zone (as indicated by the blk line in the picture) slightly below the little white mark on top of the green zone, are these readings pretty normal or on the low side...?
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