Ok, so over the past year the '04 crecab 4WD OffRoad quit in the middle of driving on about 3 occasions. I didn't bother to go to the dealer as they can't fix something that aint broke when they see it. Anyway . . .
Had the beast out Saturday Am and it started, ran and drove 'normal'. The Truck Chick goes to start it this (Monday) morning and nothing. I wasn't there at the time, but when I tried it I got the faintest clicking, but no turn over.
I put the battery charger on it, and the negative jumper will spark and crackle like hell if you move it around a bit. With the charger on "Start" all the idiot lights will flash and the clicking is more pronounced, but no turn over. I checked the connections I can get to (both battery terminals, the ground at the engine, the ground at the body) but nothing will make the beast turn over.
Does the excessive sparking on attachment of the cables indicate a short somewhere? (I tried hooking the neg cable to the engine too, same results)
Though I held an ASE 25 years ago in 4 categories, I cannot even FIND the starter, let alone look for a loose connection there!!
Reading some other posts I see talk of batteries dying suddenly. But the charger won't make the beast turn over, so I doubt the battery is the problem.
Ideas???
Had the beast out Saturday Am and it started, ran and drove 'normal'. The Truck Chick goes to start it this (Monday) morning and nothing. I wasn't there at the time, but when I tried it I got the faintest clicking, but no turn over.
I put the battery charger on it, and the negative jumper will spark and crackle like hell if you move it around a bit. With the charger on "Start" all the idiot lights will flash and the clicking is more pronounced, but no turn over. I checked the connections I can get to (both battery terminals, the ground at the engine, the ground at the body) but nothing will make the beast turn over.
Does the excessive sparking on attachment of the cables indicate a short somewhere? (I tried hooking the neg cable to the engine too, same results)
Though I held an ASE 25 years ago in 4 categories, I cannot even FIND the starter, let alone look for a loose connection there!!
Reading some other posts I see talk of batteries dying suddenly. But the charger won't make the beast turn over, so I doubt the battery is the problem.
Ideas???
