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04-24-2009 | 01:27 PM
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so my truck has been starting really crappy lately. takes a little while longer to start than usual or it just plain starts crappy. well i got out of work this morning, and go to start her and it doesnt do a damn thing. no click, nothing. it's not the battery because i got panel lights and everything else. so i'm thinking oh crap its the starter, now i have to call my wife at 1:45am to come pick me up. well i thought about it for a second and remembered about my great-grandpa's old '74 power wagon that sometimes wouldn't start unless you had it in neutral. so i popped it in neutral, and she started. still a crappy start though. any ideas anyone?
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04-24-2009 | 01:46 PM
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04-24-2009 | 01:56 PM
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04-24-2009 | 04:24 PM
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update: well, go get in my truck on the way to work this afternoon, and it doesnt start. does the same thing. well i put it in neutral...doesnt start...uh oh. i'm screwed. well i am screwed cuz i took the alternator out and walked 2 miles to the auto parts store to get it tested. it tested out good. well, im thinking now im really screwed. what the problem is that when i turn the key now, nothing happens, no lights nothing. no clicking. battery voltage is good. im getting voltage out of the battery. but when i test the fuse box wires(the ones coming from the battery and the one coming from the alternator) i get nothing. but when i put + on the wire to the fuse box, and ground it to something else other than the wire to the alternator, i get normal voltage...so theres somethign wrong with that ground wire coming out of the fuse box right?
i know this might be confusing, but i'm actually suppose to be at work right now and im in a hurry to see if i can get this fixed. any help would be greatly appreciated.
i know this might be confusing, but i'm actually suppose to be at work right now and im in a hurry to see if i can get this fixed. any help would be greatly appreciated.
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04-24-2009 | 06:21 PM
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06-05-2009 | 12:55 PM
hey wjxavier could you tell me what was wrong and how you fixed it? cuz it seems like the same thing just happened to me.my ram has been idling ruff lately. then yesterday i go to start it up and got nothing. i've tested the starter and battery, all good. so now i'm out here scratching my head
