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If your luck is like mine, with your process of elimination of new parts and poor test methods, then your solution will be the last component you replace.
I'm assuming you don't have a load tester for your batteries? Just checking volts with a meter is not good enough, as gimpyrobb stated...
Thanks for sharing that story again!
It really helps one recognize the damage that can be done by shorting batteries.
I went to add a cable to the stud on the solenoid just a couple of days ago... As I stood there looking at it, wondering if I should cautiously install it hot, I thought of...
What you afraid your new fangled starter can't handle all those Amps?
Fun with too many AMP things... tell the story about dropping the socket on the battery cable while wiring up your new flux capacitor!
Sorry, I couldn't resist, getting boring without pictures of you and IGM sisters...
First off thanks for your updates... way to many dead end threads out there!
Not enough available AMP's can be a big, damaging, problem not the other way around, UNLESS YOU CREATE A SHORT!
You will be money ahead befriending a local mechanic, a knowledgeable member or even someone with an...
Don't bridge the big terminals on these big diesel systems. You'll get a much larger fireworks show than your everyday vehicle. You want to jump the small start terminal to the big battery terminal.
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The truck will be much better with two 8D's.
Depending on how the car battery went "bad", was likely your entire problem. Make sure the new batteries are both fully charged, check the voltage across both batteries with a meter, start the truck and check the voltage again...
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