ggdad1951 Posted May 7, 2017 Report Share Posted May 7, 2017 So I was on my car club's "mystery run" yesterday, two times I ended up stalling out at an intersection. Both times the starter barely made a grown. Waited a minute or two and a week turnover resulted in an engine start. Odd thing is about two miles later each time I stop turn the truck off. Started him back up again within a minute or two and the starter fired around like normal. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted May 7, 2017 Report Share Posted May 7, 2017 Battery cable connections clean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggdad1951 Posted May 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 Well, I think I found the problem. Sort of as I expected, checked all the connections everything looks good. Put a charger on the battery and the battery wants to draw so my guess is the battey is finally taking its last gasp and it's time for replacement. Battery is 6 years old so even though it's not used a lot probably time to replace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Ed Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 3 minutes ago, ggdad1951 said: Well, I think I found the problem. Sort of as I expected, checked all the connections everything looks good. Put a charger on the battery and the battery wants to draw so my guess is the battey is finally taking its last gasp and it's time for replacement. Battery is 6 years old so even though it's not used a lot probably time to replace. My truck wouldn't start this spring when I picked it up from storage. Looked at the battery its from 2008! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiftyFifty Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 Possibly you have a cell starting to break loose, connects sometimes and others it won't...sounds like it's time for a new one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 1948 1Ton Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 Replaced battery in the '48 this spring too, 6 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiftyFifty Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 I'm starting on a rear main seal and a new oil pan....I wish all I needed was a battery. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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