Here's what happened...
Around easter I replaced the 2021 battery with a duralast AGM. Ran fine, has been starting right up, etc - all good for those 2 weeks. Today... ran one errand, started up fine, did my errand, got back in truck, started fine, drove home... Got home, put it in park, noticed AT/Temp gauge was on, oil light on, noticed other lights on dash on that I never seen before- nothing was overheating. Shut truck off, waited a minute, go to crank it again - gave me 1/2 a rotation out of the starter, then nothing - no lights on dash, no power - nothing. Popped hood, got a meter, battery dead - almost no volts. Disconnected battery cables, put tester on - at like 3volts. Grabbed another battery and some jumper cables. There's a heavy draw as soon as I connected to the test battery - I'm thinking starter solenoid is stuck. Put the new battery on the charger.
Called Mr. Toyota, new starter on order should be here Monday afternoon/Tuesday.
Truck won't come out of park... would be nice to push it up the driveway. I was able to get the bottom starter bolt out, thinking to bench test to see if it is indeed the starter, but that bottom bolt is as far as I am able to get because here's the other thing... my left wrist/arm is in a cast because of a severe tendon issue - grip and flexon and leverage are shot right now and can't really maneuver my left hand without pain.
Anyone around Norfolk, VA able to give me a hand - literally?At least to get the truck out of park? What else should I check?
Around easter I replaced the 2021 battery with a duralast AGM. Ran fine, has been starting right up, etc - all good for those 2 weeks. Today... ran one errand, started up fine, did my errand, got back in truck, started fine, drove home... Got home, put it in park, noticed AT/Temp gauge was on, oil light on, noticed other lights on dash on that I never seen before- nothing was overheating. Shut truck off, waited a minute, go to crank it again - gave me 1/2 a rotation out of the starter, then nothing - no lights on dash, no power - nothing. Popped hood, got a meter, battery dead - almost no volts. Disconnected battery cables, put tester on - at like 3volts. Grabbed another battery and some jumper cables. There's a heavy draw as soon as I connected to the test battery - I'm thinking starter solenoid is stuck. Put the new battery on the charger.
Called Mr. Toyota, new starter on order should be here Monday afternoon/Tuesday.
Anyone around Norfolk, VA able to give me a hand - literally?
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