bad battery??
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From: Charles Town, W bygod Va
I guess if its a MT you can always park on a hill and bump start it. Or you could check voltage to the starter while cranking. If you're willing to do some checks with the voltmeter I can try to walk you through it again.
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From: Muskegon Mi
When I checked at the starter I got 2v and it climbed to 8v if my brother held the key probably still not enough right?
Bump starting isn't really an option since it jas a new carb and dizzy and doesn't run well untuned lol.
Bump starting isn't really an option since it jas a new carb and dizzy and doesn't run well untuned lol.
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From: Charles Town, W bygod Va
If you have 10v at the solenoid end of the cable while cranking and 2 at the starter end you have a bad cable. When you're checking at the starter if you are touching the stud on the starter and not the end of the cable it could be a bad connection at the starter, you need to test at the cable itself.
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From: Charles Town, W bygod Va
Makes it difficult with one person. If you're pretty sure that you had a good connection with the meter when you did that test, clean up the connection at the starter and try to start it. If still no crank get a new cable for it. Radio shack should have aligator clips for you voltmeter if you want to retest.
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Update!
Installed a new starter cable today, hopped in the truck and hit the key. Solenoid went crazy clicking.. no crank. Held starter cable to battery, no crank no noise. Jumped truck, cranked slowly. Waited ten mins on cables, cranked slowly.
Also my brother said his lights an heater went nuts when I crankes my truck...
Ideas? Besides the scrapyard?
Installed a new starter cable today, hopped in the truck and hit the key. Solenoid went crazy clicking.. no crank. Held starter cable to battery, no crank no noise. Jumped truck, cranked slowly. Waited ten mins on cables, cranked slowly.
Also my brother said his lights an heater went nuts when I crankes my truck...
Ideas? Besides the scrapyard?
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I will quote this again as it's key to finding the problem:
Most don't seem to understand just reading a battery sitting there will tell you pretty much nothing, unless it has a dead cell. Reading the voltage at the battery, and different spots along the circuit path with a load on the battery and the circuit will tell the story.