I have a 89 C1500 with a 5.7 liter. I went out to crank it this morning for it to warm up. I went inside to get my stuff togather came back out and the truck had went dead. When I went to crank it it did nothing even the lights don't work. I checked the battery and it shows voltage. If I could get some ideas it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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check all your grounds and the terminals to make sure theres a good connection... even just grab the wires and give them a good shake... if the lights wont work its obviously a connection problem. happened to me once in old truck, after not being able to figure it out and I got super pissed and went kinda crazy shaking the wires... lights came on and truck started. after getting home I took apart all the connections and cleaned them up, some of the grounds were corroded.
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This recently happened to me I kind of got lights and the radio came on but not much else. It ended up being the main ground off the battery that went to the engine block. It was only getting a ground off the wire that bolted to the fender near the battery. It sounds like it either a main ground, power lead, or a fusable link that popped. Take a volt meter and put the ground wire from it on the ground post on the battery and put the power lead off the meter on the main power wire coming off the back of your alternator and see if you have power there. There should be 12volts doing that. If not keep your power lead on the back of the alternator and put the ground wire off the meter to somwhere on the engine block where theres bare metal and see if you have 12volts there. If you do you may have a bad ground going from the engine to the battery.
Just thought I had it fixed!!! I went to the hunting club today because I thought my battery needed a charge come to find out its good. Thought it might be the starter its good. When I go to crank it all it does is click click. My light under the hood goes dead. I turned the harmonic balance not easily because I thought maybe it is locked up. Should it be hard to turn with a cheater bar? I'm about ready to throw in the towel and burn it or take it to a shop! Anyone have any ideas?
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If your lights go out when trying to start then it usually indicates a bad battery/connections but could also be the starter and wiring. How did you test them to be good? A good test is to put a digital voltmeter across the battery and observe the voltage when trying to crank the engine. If the voltage drops below 9 to 10 volts then you probably won't have enough current to crank the engine. The clicking sound could be coming from the starter solenoid not being able to engage the starter due to low current. Check the wiring and again the grounds too.
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Good job finding that.
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put the ground wire off the meter to somwhere on the engine block where theres bare metal and see if you have 12volts there. If you do you may have a bad ground going from the engine to the battery.
From burn it down or take it in!!! Really cool!!
Good job all!!!
From burn it down or take it in!!! Really cool!!
Good job all!!!
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