Do you have a voltmeter? Check voltage at the battery when cranking as a first step. If good then I would perform voltage drops on positive and negative sides to confirm connections and cables are good.

 

So where does it stand Apoc? Did you put a new battery in it yet? I'm not sure if you replaced it and you're still experiencing problems... or if you just haven't got around to replacing it yet...?

 

So I am at a loss here! Didn't Apoc get a Diesel? Has he had the battery tested? Has he checked for a parasite draw?

To answer someone else's statement of manufacturers of batteries. From selling batteries and parts for oh 15 years of my life, there are now just a handful of battery manufacturers. Johnson Control and Exide are the top two manufactures. At least they where almost 20 years ago when I got out of the business. Well according to wiki they are still separate from JC.

Duralast batteries IIRC are made by Johnson Control.

Lets cut to the chase. APOC go to the local AZ and ask for a loaner battery. Have them charge your battery over night and load test and go from there.

 

I went to Autozone yesterday and they tested the battery. Right off the guy said it had a dead cell and it should still be under warranty with advanced auto parts so I took it there and the guy tested it and he said the cold cranking amps is worth 500 out of 750 but other than that it seemed perfect. He said once the battery failed he would replace it but he said the cold cranking amps weren't bad enough for them to replace it yet.

 

That's BS, they need to change that crap out now!

 

If it's got a dead cell, you should be able to test it and not get a reading over about 10.5 volts. If it's sulfated, you're going to read 10.4-12.4.
A battery at 100% state of charge, and in good condition will show 12.7-13.4.
Sounds like sulfated more than anything, which depending on which "series" of battery you purchased, may or may not be covered.
Battery warranties are very vague, from any maker, and you have to read the fine print, a lot of times you're only covered if they're a couple weeks old, or suddenly puke out all the guts across the engine.

 

Well the main problem is it's hard to start in the morning by the time I get it up today and it's fully charged and everything is fine advance is not showing that it has a dead cell but it is at AutoZone but advanced has what seems to be a much better machine to test With. He said I might have a diode going bad in my alternator but other than that he said everything was perfect.

 

From now on I am going with AGM batteries from either Advance, Auto Zone or Sears. I had the BXT 850s in the diesel, once I put the AGM 950 CCA in that thing the starter spins so much faster, I couldn't imagine what a 6.4L starter would do.

 

Quick update. Got a new battery and everything is better now. The battery indeed had a dead cell and was bad and once it was traded in all was resolved

 

Great news, unfortunately the battery you just purchased was recalled