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Old Nov 24, 2022 | 11:35 AM
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OP, have the batteries been tested yet and/or have you tried the truck with either new batteries in place and/or on jumper cables? It's the quick and simple way to confirm or rule out a faulty battery.
 
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Old Nov 24, 2022 | 01:36 PM
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Batteries are both good.
 
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Old Nov 30, 2022 | 04:30 PM
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Alternator back in, still no change. Unplugged the ABS module while running and voltage is still wonky. Anyone want to buy a nice excursion with compounds? lol

these are the codes while running (ABS module unplugged)

 
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Old Dec 20, 2022 | 02:18 PM
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Update.

Had the cluster rebuilt, no change. Any suggestions?

 
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Old Dec 20, 2022 | 06:08 PM
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Did you follow Mikes advise above? It takes milliseconds for the smaller gauge wires to melt when you have a voltage short like that causing who knows what kind of problems. Maybe the PCM took a hit.
 
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Old Dec 20, 2022 | 06:39 PM
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I’ve done everything suggested so far, with no change. Cannot seem to isolate the problem. Going to send my fuse block in to be checked out since it’s under warranty.
 
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Old Dec 21, 2022 | 06:50 AM
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As Mike suggested, there may be wires that are melted, but you may have also fried the PCM.

Does the glow plug light come on when it starts acting up?
 
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Old Dec 21, 2022 | 07:03 AM
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PCM is good. Glow plug light does not come on. It’s a constant up and down with voltage as well, like clockwork, up and down every second or two. Acts like a relay switching honestly. Or a faulty regulator.
 
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Old Dec 21, 2022 | 11:49 AM
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Did you do the test where you pull fuses one at a time until it stops cycling, to try to identify where the draw is coming from?

Pulling one fuse at a time and putting it back before you pull the next, and do it to the under dash fuse box, then if no results, do it to the one in the engine bay, do the relays as well, pull them one at a time to see if pulling a certain one out, stops the problem.

If none of that produces a difference, then one fuse box at a time, and while taking notes of where each one came from, start pulling fuses, and don't put them back in, in case some of shorted together by melted wires. You should find a culprit(s) before the fuse box is empty, if not try the other one.
 
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Old Dec 21, 2022 | 01:22 PM
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I will retry the fuse test.

Is it possible to fry a battery and it still test good?
 
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Old Dec 21, 2022 | 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by 2004EX
Is it possible to fry a battery and it still test good?
Yes, but exceedingly rare, and usually indicative of a physical issue inside the battery that is only intermittently causing a problem, i don't think it applies in your case, especially if you have dual batteries, and already tried one, then the other, etc...
 
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Old Dec 21, 2022 | 01:49 PM
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That’s what I figured. 👎
 
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Old Jan 10, 2023 | 09:22 PM
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UPDATE!!

Turned out to be something fried inside the fuse box (BCM) sent it to be checked and repaired and they found some burnt up circuits in/on the board.

thanks for all the suggestions and help!!
 
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Old Jan 10, 2023 | 10:15 PM
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Glad you got it solved before you got fed up and gave up.
 
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Old Jan 10, 2023 | 10:41 PM
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Can’t give up, I’m in way too deep to have a giant paperweight
 
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