Make sure the cables are really clean. You cant tell for sure by just looking at them. remove them and clean them and then re-install. Some like a bad connection at the battery for shure to me.
Hello group...
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> I'm asking for more ideas...seems everyone local is drawing up blanks. >
> Today after work I went out to the truck to start it. After turning the key,
> the starter started to engage and then went dead. So did everything else in
> the truck after I released the key. Tried again after turning the key
> off--starts right up, drove to the dealership with no problems. They'll see
> me Wednesday.
>
> So....a little later on tonight I'm backing out of the driveway to let my
> brother leave in his car. I pull back in after he leaves and as I cross the
> low spot in the driveway--the truck dies. Everything dies. No radio, no
> lights, no horn, no fan, no engine and no starter.I didn't touch a thing...I
> left the key on. Oddly enough all of the gages were still reading > accurately.
>
> Called the dealership up and I went back out to the truck several minutes
> later. Instead of being dead, it has come back to life. The dash lights are
> on, it wants me to fasten my seatbelt...all that good stuff. So I tried to
> start it. Turns over nicely, tries to run, but has very low RPMs and
> stumbles around for a few seconds before it dies. Turned the key off and
> tried again. It starts right up and runs fine.
>
> One thing of note--this time when I left the key on after the truck died, I
> lost all my radio presets!
>
> The battery terminals seem to be very tight and clean. The dealership has
> checked and tightened them, as have I. The truck has a factory-installed
> alarm/security thing on it. I've only changed the radio out, and the wiring
> is good there, which I think pretty well rules it out as the cause. >
> Anybody got any thoughts on this? I'm about to pull my hair out! >
> William "The Guesser" Walsh
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