> hey kyle. this happened to me on sunday on my 98. first time i tried it
> nothing. later on i get some lights on but not enough juice to turn over.
> get a jump from ma mopar monday morning and it runs fine. drive to my
> dealership to have them check it out and it dies as i pull into the
> dealership. nothing, nada, zip, dead stick, no lights, no whistles. they
> jump it and pull it into the shop and it dies instantly again as they
turned
> into the stall. turns out the battery had a few shorted cells. new
battery
> and it's been fine ever since.
> if it is a shorted cell you may want to pull your battery out and tip it
> slightly up on an end and bang it. as the plates wear out they tend to
build
> piles of spent metal under them and these can grow till they start to
touch
> one another and short cells out. trick my old chem teacher taught me.
> hope this helps
> derek
Why then would the battery volt gauge on the dash read low when the truck
wouldnt crank, but would read perfect when it started? Wouldnt a bad battery
show low levels all the time? I understand how the alternator changes this,
just so odd that it would do nothing one minute and the next it fired right
up. Just seems like a classic example of a starter solenoid going bad to me.
I would love it to be as easy as buying a new $45 battery, cause that
starter is really tucked up in there. Looks like an entire Saturday just to
pull it out!
Kyle
93 Dakota 4x4 V6
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