Ronmar. I am new to this, I am trying learning as I go, have never posted before. Not sure how this works. I own a m1083 , 1998, 6x6, troop cargo, cat 6 motor.
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Clean looking rig !
Yeah, as suggested you might want to start your own thread.
Ether is used to assist in cold starts by very briefly altering the fuel/air mix. The ether is stored in a bottle behind the cab. It looks like a little red c02 bottle. Unscrew it and take it in as an exchange for a full tank (they last years but get a fresh tank, most any truck stop sells them). The ether system will only activate when the button is pressed AND air temps are below freezing.
1) As to the non start, CLEAN and INSPECT all your battery connections (at the battery box connection, the polarity box behind the cab, the starter, and the related grounds)
2) Charge EACH battery separately to full (if even one battery drifts below 12.3v you may end up with only a "click" at the starter.
3) First opportunity, add a battery disconnect switch (and use it every night) *these trucks are notorious for suffering 12v vampiric "leaks" overnight
Now here's a suggestion you may want to take into consideration: if you haven't done so yet, change from quad batteries down to duals. It's much more cost efficient replacing only two batteries. And the 100amp alt that comes in the A0 trucks is highly anemic and underpowered for the quad battery setup. It's quite common for these trucks too burn thru alts as a result. Unless you live and operate the truck north of the Arctic Circle, you don't even remotely need four batteries (and we're a bit south of that mess).
But yeah, start a thread for your truck and you'll get a ton of good feedback here.
