A few times now since I got my oil leak stopped, I have tried to normally start my truck and got absolutely NOTHING. Before I turn the key to the start position everything appears normal. Dash lights, key in ignition bell, etc. all work. The moment I try to start the truck, ( after checking that the "wait to start icon" is off) , I hear a "click" and everything turns off - no dash lights, no starter, nothing! It is like I have no battery installed. Thinking that my massive oil leak may have caused an electrical connection problem, I cleaned all terminals and reattached all battery and starter cables, and checked battery voltage, and checked fuses. All seemed in order. I got back into truck and turned the key to run. All lights and alarm bells again operated properly. But again when I turned the key to "start", no starter crank and everything turns off. No amount of key cycling makes any difference to dash lights or starting. Sometimes when I go out and bang on battery terminals, wait a minute and get back in truck, I again have dash lights and alarm bells, but turn the key, and everything again shuts down again. Being home, and not needing the truck, I walked away in frustration and used one of my other vehicles. The next morning, I went out to the truck, got in the cab, and turned the key - everything worked and the truck cranked, and started normally. Moved the truck around the house, ran an errand and returned home. When I tried to restart the truck, it would not start and I got the exact same symptoms. Now if I wait some time (i.e. 6 hours) and bang on the battery cables, there is a 50-50 chance it will start. If it starts and I shut it down immediately, it will usually start again. But shut it down and wait and hour, and it is likely it won't start. The banging and such may be coincidental and it only requires time to operate. - I simply don't know. It has gotten so that if I need the truck, I now keep it running the full time while I am using it - for fear that it won't start and leave me stranded. I now never turn off the truck unless I am home and it is parked out of the way. Any thoughts out there from the gurus in 5.9 24v land? Love my truck but this is frustrating.
I fixed a 1st gen last month like that checked starter contacts and they were fine. It would roll start or start with jumper cables ok. Turned out the battery cables were changed out and the wire was
A few times now since I got my oil leak stopped, I have tried to normally start my truck and got absolutely NOTHING. Before I turn the key to the start position everything appears normal. Dash lights, key in ignition bell, etc. all work. The moment I try to start the truck, ( after checking that the "wait to start icon" is off) , I hear a "click" and everything turns off - no dash lights, no starter, nothing! It is like I have no battery installed. Thinking that my massive oil leak may have caused an electrical connection problem, I cleaned all terminals and reattached all battery and starter cables, and checked battery voltage, and checked fuses. All seemed in order. I got back into truck and turned the key to run. All lights and alarm bells again operated properly. But again when I turned the key to "start", no starter crank and everything turns off. No amount of key cycling makes any difference to dash lights or starting. Sometimes when I go out and bang on battery terminals, wait a minute and get back in truck, I again have dash lights and alarm bells, but turn the key, and everything again shuts down again. Being home, and not needing the truck, I walked away in frustration and used one of my other vehicles. The next morning, I went out to the truck, got in the cab, and turned the key - everything worked and the truck cranked, and started normally. Moved the truck around the house, ran an errand and returned home. When I tried to restart the truck, it would not start and I got the exact same symptoms. Now if I wait some time (i.e. 6 hours) and bang on the battery cables, there is a 50-50 chance it will start. If it starts and I shut it down immediately, it will usually start again. But shut it down and wait and hour, and it is likely it won't start. The banging and such may be coincidental and it only requires time to operate. - I simply don't know. It has gotten so that if I need the truck, I now keep it running the full time while I am using it - for fear that it won't start and leave me stranded. I now never turn off the truck unless I am home and it is parked out of the way. Any thoughts out there from the gurus in 5.9 24v land? Love my truck but this is frustrating.