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Old Dec 13, 2003 | 03:39 PM
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fried something?

i used to have to start my truck by directly touching the starter wire to the battery, it would spark and crank over..

that worked for awhile but now it does nothing no spark at all
any ideas??
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Old Dec 13, 2003 | 10:39 PM
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no noises i bet it is your fuseable links
 
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Old Dec 14, 2003 | 01:24 PM
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yea probably good bet now i just have to find wich one it is.. uhh heheh
 
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Old Dec 14, 2003 | 01:57 PM
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Is your battery still good? It is hard to start that way because you are trying to connect a cable that wants to draw around 150 amps.
 
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Old Dec 14, 2003 | 05:43 PM
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yes both 850 amp bats are good the connection suddenly stopped
 
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