Definitely clean your battery terminals. I had to replace my battery in
September, and this November, all of a sudden my truck would infrequently die on
me. It finally happened once while I was at home (thank god) so I tested the
charge of the battery. Read just as it should, so I went ahead and cleaned the
posts really well and the terminals. The terminals were in really bad shape,
gauged, scratched, and just beaten after 190K of time they'd been put through,
so I went to Chase Pitkens hardware, found a new pair of pretty good quality
terminals for $0.99 (really) and put them on the next night. Even in 0 degee
weather, my truck starts just fine now.
Good Luck,
Mike S.
93 v6
"Bernd D. Ratsch" wrote:
> Check your battery terminals...clean them if possible and see if this
> happens again.
>
> - Bernd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Joe Dille
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 6:01 AM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: No Crank in Cold
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a 1998 2WD CC with 5.2l and 5-speed. I have 14k well coddled
> miles. I love this truck.
>
> The other morning it was 10°F and the truck did not crank. I turned the key
> and all I got was a relay clicking. The lights were bright and did not dim
> when I turned the key.
>
> The truck ran fine the day before.
>
> I jumped the battery with a motorcycle battery with 1/2 charge and the truck
> cranked like crazy and started right up! There is no way this tiny battery
> started a 5.2l V8. The truck started 2-3 times during the day w/o problem.
>
> The next day the truck started fine, but it was not as cold. The day after
> it
> was also below 10°F and the truck did not start. Again, jumping with the
> motorcycle battery did the trick.
>
> I took it to the dealer and they checked the battery and charging system.
> All OK. They also cleaned the connections and grounds. They were fine
> too.
>
> I am sure there is a component, like a relay that malfunctions in the cold
> and a few more volts makes it start. In order to get the dealer to fix it I
> will
> have to leave it at the dealer when it is 10°F out. This can be a
> challange.
>
> Has anyone had a similar problem? Any ideas what the faulty component
> is? All help is appreciated.
>
> Drive Safe,
>
> Joe
>
> ---------------------------------
> Joe Dille
> Telford, PA USA
> joe@dille.montgomery.pa.us
> http://home.jtan.com/~joe/joe.htm
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