Hey all. Last week I was driving my 66 C10 to work and I stopped for a soda and when I came out the truck was dead as a door nail. I got a jump and I made it to work with a bit of worry. When I arrived I turned it off and then got a sick feeling. Tried turning it on and nothing. I deduced that it was a bad battery, it had been dumping it's charge or not holding one since I bought it. I put a new battery in it and it ran great, this was thursday. It sat since that night and this morining it was dead again. My wife had my 97 blazer so I used her car to jump it and got it running. It's a bit cold today and my choke doesn't work so I sat reving the motor a bit trying to get it to warm up. I let it idle for a minute and it died. When I tried to turn it on again it the bat was still dead like the alt wasn't doing anything. Any ideas? I'm guessing that the system is grouding out some were and that is my problem but I'm open to suggestions. And also if grounding out seems like the right answer is there places that typically fail in these truck. (I'm a new owner of only a couple months)
PanelRodder
PS: I noticed that while it was idleing and runing that the volt gauge indicated a normal charge. Weird?
04-18-2005, 01:05 PM
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