soulbrojosh
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After spending the last few days searching high and low for any thread that might help solve my starting problems with my 1009...I learned a very valuable lesson. Always make sure that your batteries are fully charged.
And by fully charged, i mean 12.5 volts at minimum...mine were both at about 11.2 and i figured that that was more than enough to crank over my CUCV. Wrong!
My problem started with a normal start, then a high-pitched squeal, then a stall. I tried starting a again...nothing but a click. So i immediately went onto SS to troubleshoot. That was when i checked the charge of my batteries and figured that it was enough. After a couple of days of searching the threads, i followed some member's advice. I cleaned and inspected every connection to the batteries and buss bars i could reach. I wound up replacing one of the frfont batt terminals. Still no luck. I had my lovely assistant (wife) try and start while I banged on the starter, now the starter was trying to engage, so i loosened the bolts a few turns and still had the same results, stsrter was just not engaging enough. So before I spent the next few hours monkeying around with the removal of the starter, i spent 5 minutes removing the batteries and taking them to Autozone and had them charged. They came back good and charged (12.5 volts each). I took them back home and installed them. Had to replace the front batt ground to the radiator support. And she started right up!
Since it is too late to make a long story shorter. Always make sure that the batteries are fully charged!
My sincerest thanks to any and all who have said this before me.
And by fully charged, i mean 12.5 volts at minimum...mine were both at about 11.2 and i figured that that was more than enough to crank over my CUCV. Wrong!
My problem started with a normal start, then a high-pitched squeal, then a stall. I tried starting a again...nothing but a click. So i immediately went onto SS to troubleshoot. That was when i checked the charge of my batteries and figured that it was enough. After a couple of days of searching the threads, i followed some member's advice. I cleaned and inspected every connection to the batteries and buss bars i could reach. I wound up replacing one of the frfont batt terminals. Still no luck. I had my lovely assistant (wife) try and start while I banged on the starter, now the starter was trying to engage, so i loosened the bolts a few turns and still had the same results, stsrter was just not engaging enough. So before I spent the next few hours monkeying around with the removal of the starter, i spent 5 minutes removing the batteries and taking them to Autozone and had them charged. They came back good and charged (12.5 volts each). I took them back home and installed them. Had to replace the front batt ground to the radiator support. And she started right up!
Since it is too late to make a long story shorter. Always make sure that the batteries are fully charged!
My sincerest thanks to any and all who have said this before me.
