My truck starts really hard after it becomes warm. I found out last night that it had a blown head gasket but the battery and the starter are new within that last year.

It turns over really slowly as if my battery is dead but the gauge reads right where it should. The engine is the 300 I6. Just about called the scraper last night and told him to come get it.

 

What do the battery cables and ends look like? These 4.9L engines are notorious for having a corroded ground connection at the block too.....

 

All the connections were good but I still cleaned them all up anyways. I've had the positive cable where it goes tithe starter solenoid melt off before but that has been replaced along with a new starter solenoid. The shop I ended up dropping it off at cleaned up everything in my ignition and steering column and that seemed to help quite a bit. Guess I will just keep running as it is until it blows up and then swap a cummins in as I have always dreamed of.