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  1. badger_610889

    Flashing glow light = bad batteries ?

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  2. badger_610889

    Flashing glow light = bad batteries ?

    I spent a few hours working on the slantback today and made a couple discoveries that explain, at least partially, the issues above. There was something with the 12V line that the previous owner installed that wasn't right and I couldn't find what. Until I realized there were too many heavy...
  3. badger_610889

    Flashing glow light = bad batteries ?

    It's now working and I regret I didn't follow a good procedure to identify what the issue was: - I took both batteries off and charged them in the garage on separate chargers - I brushed and retightened all the grounds I could find - One battery was fully charged after 2 hours the other took...
  4. badger_610889

    Flashing glow light = bad batteries ?

    Ahah my bad, typo on my phone: the batteries are from 2021 :p and yes 13.8 volts was reading from the charger/tester. I'm going back it and will take the time to diagnose that properly... " WEAR at least goggles any time you are working around the batteries! " Absolutely! I've seen nasty...
  5. badger_610889

    Flashing glow light = bad batteries ?

    Hi all, I wanted to move my M1043 (M1114 engine and tranny) to work on it today and for the first time it couldn't start, while it cranked and started within a second a couple days ago. First attempt: Move the switch to Run, wait for glow plug (wait) light to run off which happens as usual...
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