my truck died

[bourbon driver]

It was 2 degrees on my back porch this morning -- for Blacksburg, VA, that is cold. I have a recently installed 6.2 diesel in my truck -- I plugged in the engine warmer last night before bed.

This morning, I attempted to crank the truck over -- on the second try there was an audible "pop" and then nothing. No lights, the truck is as dead as dead can be.

Any ideas? I bummed a ride to work but I've got to get it fixed right away. Is there a breaker somewhere that could have tripped? I can't find any blown fuses. I know nothing about wiring or electrical issues.

 

[readymix]

There are fuzeable links that could cause that. I am not sure where they all are at though.

 

[bourbon driver]

That's got to be what it is. I'll be damned if I can find it though.

 

[smalltowncowboy]

did you try the simple things first like retightening your battery cables? I had that happen one time, it was a pop when I tried to start it and it was just a battery connection.

 

[bourbon driver]

Lets hope. I'm headed home to work on it now. I don't think that's it, the only thing that works on the truck are the auxiliary off-road lights.

 

[readymix]

Do you have a volt meter?

 

[bourbon driver]

found the problem

I should have taken a picture....the wire to the starter was burned completely in two and the wiring harness for my hella lights was melted.

 

[rwright07]

happened to me once, the bigass one, fried in half on the free way. it had melted onto my exhaust and then shorted. got a ride to homedepot and bought a giant splice thing, meant for underground connections, fixed it. replaced the cable a few weeks later, no big deal, a little frustrating on the way to school on a rainy western WA day (read deluge).

 

[USSkoval]

I should have taken a picture....the wire to the starter was burned completely in two and the wiring harness for my hella lights was melted.

Have you fixed it yet? On a customer's C10, when the cable going to the starter shorted on the manifold, it blew one or two of the fusible links mounted on the firewall.

 

[bourbon driver]

I did fix it, thanks! I just replaced the cable. It didn't blow any links, but it did melt the wiring harness to my hella lights. Weird.