Urgent, truck won't start, can't figure it out

[justinf]

Re: Urgent, truck won\'t start, can\'t figure it out

Does your charger have a starting position for more current? If not, then I would say leave the charger on for a few hours, or jump it off another vehicle, you may not be getting enough power to crank the engine over.

 

[realsquash]

Re: Urgent, truck won\'t start, can\'t figure it out

http://www.digitalroundhouse.com/andyftp/lakewood_may_2004/gallery/pages/IMG_0870.html

There's a pic of a Vortec 454 starter next to an old 350 starter. The solenoid was swapped off of this 454 starter onto the other to keep it going last weekend and it worked great.

Andy

 

[sled_dog]

Re: Urgent, truck won\'t start, can\'t figure it out

got it going now, yay. Just waited for it to charge a little while then check all the connections(tightened a loose one) and bam

 

[rocko]

Re: Urgent, truck won\'t start, can\'t figure it out

Ignition switch?
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[sled_dog]

Re: Urgent, truck won\'t start, can\'t figure it out

loose conenction was battery terminal /forums/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif wonder how long it was loose. I tightened them down but with a ratchet wrench, went till it started to strip them and stopped but apparently that wasn't enough. Fired it up and move it, almost stalled out, like WTF? remembered the Vortec silencer box, oh yeah I smashed that with a breaker bar. Duct tape the hole shut, good as new. Since the battery was disconnected for a long time, I took it out and BEAT the piss out of it. Shifts a little nicer after that /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif. Adaptive computers can be fun.