phazetitan said:
when the truck is running, i believe the voltage reading is about at 14?
when i turn my lights on the meter drops towards the middle of the gauge
The truck is running solely off the charging system. You don't have the battery connected. There is crud somewhere underneath the terminals, preventing a good connection. I bet if you turned enough stuff on like your stereo, 4-ways, and blower on HIGH, the truck would start acting up from low voltage.
i poured coke on the terminals
I don't see where you cleaned them with the right tool, which is a five-dollar battery terminal brush tool. Those connections HAVE to be shiny before you put them back together. These trucks' electronics are very sensitive to battery voltage.
towed to a friends shop today
Clean the terminals first. Just dumping Coca-cola on them isn't enough. You have to use mechanical means to clean the terminals. Kind of like squirting water from a hose at the truck and expecting that to take off the road oil.
Not to be sarcastic, but this is what it's gonna take. Hope this helps you. :cheers: