Gentlemen,
I come to you in a time of need. I am about to rip my hair out, and I could use any advice you can offer. Last Christmas I decided to be nice and help a lady on the side of the road, her car battery was dead. She hooked her car up and I went back to the cab of my '94 to grab something and when I did, she reverse jumped my battery. Sparks jumped off my negative terminal, but other than that nothing happened. We hooked up the battery like we were supposed to, got her started then she was on her way. That is where the nightmare started. Ever since then my truck has had a parasitic battery draw that I CANNOT figure out. Here is my list of troubleshooting points:
New Denso Alternator
New Optima Red Top battery
New Fusible Link
Wits End 2.0kW starter rebuild kit
I pulled the big 3 wire harness out, wire wheeled all of the contact points, inspected all the wiring, and then put anti corrosive on all the connectors and re-installed.
I put a multimeter in series on the negative terminal of the battery to reveal a draw of a whopping 16.1 mA. I have a cheap non-true RMS multimeter and I don't know how much I trust that reading.
I put the red top battery in the truck back in December, is it possible that the constant cycle of dying and then me jump starting the truck brought about a premature death to the battery?
Are there any other key points on the starting system harness that I should look at where something could be shorting to ground?
I come to you in a time of need. I am about to rip my hair out, and I could use any advice you can offer. Last Christmas I decided to be nice and help a lady on the side of the road, her car battery was dead. She hooked her car up and I went back to the cab of my '94 to grab something and when I did, she reverse jumped my battery. Sparks jumped off my negative terminal, but other than that nothing happened. We hooked up the battery like we were supposed to, got her started then she was on her way. That is where the nightmare started. Ever since then my truck has had a parasitic battery draw that I CANNOT figure out. Here is my list of troubleshooting points:
New Denso Alternator
New Optima Red Top battery
New Fusible Link
Wits End 2.0kW starter rebuild kit
I pulled the big 3 wire harness out, wire wheeled all of the contact points, inspected all the wiring, and then put anti corrosive on all the connectors and re-installed.
I put a multimeter in series on the negative terminal of the battery to reveal a draw of a whopping 16.1 mA. I have a cheap non-true RMS multimeter and I don't know how much I trust that reading.
I put the red top battery in the truck back in December, is it possible that the constant cycle of dying and then me jump starting the truck brought about a premature death to the battery?
Are there any other key points on the starting system harness that I should look at where something could be shorting to ground?