Mr_Rich
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This was kinda freaky. I've had my truck in the garage loaded up with an engine for a month. I pulled my truck out to start unloading/ loading some engines. My driveway is sloped so I drove the front end up on Rhino ramps to level the bed somewhat to make loading easier. I got done offloading/ loading up another engine and got it tied down. I'm ready to move my truck and all I got was the little engine outline on the tach vs. the usual Xmas tree lights on the dash when the key is turned on. I was thinking, "Oh no, not now"... I had the truck in the garage partway and on Rhino ramps. I'm not going to move this thing myself....
I checked the battery and it was at about ~11.9 VDC. I figured it should be enough start the truck, but I hooked up the charger anyway. I was seeing voltage at key points I expected. I used canned air to blow all the dust out of the fuse box. I started swapping like-for-like ice cube relays. No change.
I called OnStar and they got a tow truck for me. I wasn't too keen on towing my truck anyplace yet. I did need help getting the truck off the Rhino ramps and lower down the driveway so I could close the garage. The tow truck driver was able to do that for me which I appreciated.
I didn't give up and tried a, "Hail Mary". I removed the battery cables off the battery posts. The battery was charged up to ~12.5 VDC by this time. I sanded the battery posts and used a buffing pad to clean the battery cable terminals. I hooked everything together and turned the key....Xmas lights!!!
It seems to be okay now. I'm just a little guarded at this point.
I checked the battery and it was at about ~11.9 VDC. I figured it should be enough start the truck, but I hooked up the charger anyway. I was seeing voltage at key points I expected. I used canned air to blow all the dust out of the fuse box. I started swapping like-for-like ice cube relays. No change.
I called OnStar and they got a tow truck for me. I wasn't too keen on towing my truck anyplace yet. I did need help getting the truck off the Rhino ramps and lower down the driveway so I could close the garage. The tow truck driver was able to do that for me which I appreciated.
I didn't give up and tried a, "Hail Mary". I removed the battery cables off the battery posts. The battery was charged up to ~12.5 VDC by this time. I sanded the battery posts and used a buffing pad to clean the battery cable terminals. I hooked everything together and turned the key....Xmas lights!!!
It seems to be okay now. I'm just a little guarded at this point.
