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Took Bertha to help my cousin move a bus (No big deal, never put her in low and never locked in the front wheels).
ANYWAY....
I shut down to visit and when I got back in to start to build air..... nothing.....
I checked my grounds and battery cables and tightened them all just to be sure as that was the last place I had my hands (when I was connecting the convoy lights) and still... dead dash, no clickety click when I turned starter switch to run.
I **did** have dash, head and running lights.
I zip tied the fuel shut off and starting solenoid in place and was able to arc the starter and get home.
While I was driving, all my dash guages etc worked fine, no issues.
When I got home, I cut the zip ties and the truck immediately died.
It seems my starting solenoid on the drivers side near the fuel shut off isn't being held in place, and of course the no power when I turned the starter switch to run.
I have a good battery switch, all good connections.
Is it possible I have a bad solenoid in the PCB? Tomorrow I'll get out with my meter and start checking, but I need to know where to start.
Any and all help is appreciated.
Thanks.
Took Bertha to help my cousin move a bus (No big deal, never put her in low and never locked in the front wheels).
ANYWAY....
I shut down to visit and when I got back in to start to build air..... nothing.....
I checked my grounds and battery cables and tightened them all just to be sure as that was the last place I had my hands (when I was connecting the convoy lights) and still... dead dash, no clickety click when I turned starter switch to run.
I **did** have dash, head and running lights.
I zip tied the fuel shut off and starting solenoid in place and was able to arc the starter and get home.
While I was driving, all my dash guages etc worked fine, no issues.
When I got home, I cut the zip ties and the truck immediately died.
It seems my starting solenoid on the drivers side near the fuel shut off isn't being held in place, and of course the no power when I turned the starter switch to run.
I have a good battery switch, all good connections.
Is it possible I have a bad solenoid in the PCB? Tomorrow I'll get out with my meter and start checking, but I need to know where to start.
Any and all help is appreciated.
Thanks.