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Old Jul 2, 2016 | 08:00 PM
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Battery issues

I had dead batteries. They are newer and very lightly used. I travel for work and the truck sat for a couple months. I connected cables to my work truck and got power. Truck wouldn't turn over though. I moved the negative cable on my truck to the frame and something went wrong. I'm getting absolutely no power to the truck. All fuse look good. What can it be?
 
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Absolutely not enough info. Sorry.
 
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Start with pulling both batteries and get them charged and load tested. Replace as necessary. Repost results after that.
 
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Originally Posted by Transparentless
I had dead batteries. They are newer and very lightly used. I travel for work and the truck sat for a couple months. I connected cables to my work truck and got power. Truck wouldn't turn over though. I moved the negative cable on my truck to the frame and something went wrong. I'm getting absolutely no power to the truck. All fuse look good. What can it be?
That is what I don't understand. The batteries should be grounded to both the frame and engine block.
 
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