Recent content by FogPig

Want to wrap up this thread. Had a tow truck come out to take it to my mechanic. Driver crawled under the truck and tapped the starter a couple of times with a crowbar. Low and behold the starter worked one last time! Mechanic replaced the starter and it starts like the truck is brand...

OK, Changed out the fusible link and the junction box and the engine started right up. Shut it down and went back to close the hood and realized I had forgotten to close the junction box. I closed it up and tried starting it again and absolutely nothing. Lights on the dashboard are there...

OK, that was this morning after sitting for 2 days. I have a $20 meter, so maybe it's not as accurate as it should be?

Thanks all. The battery is about 2 months old. Bad alternator killed the last one, but I did indeed have a loose negative connection on the battery when I replaced it. Wondering if I've already killed this one. Just tested it and it read 12.90. That's after a 3 hour drive home Sunday...

For a couple of months now we've been having an issue with starting. Took it into our mechanic and they said it was just a loose battery cable and not the starter. They fixed the cable, but still having the issue. Basically it sounds like it's dragging when trying to start and sometimes it...