A good Ohm meter should bea be to connect the postive to the frame and see
if there is a very high continuity which would indicate that the is a server
short someplace that requires attention. The worst I have heard of GenII
and GenIII starters is replacing the contacts in the bottom of them(typical
of water off roaders).
Other than that a dead cell or terribly manufactured battery could be the
culprit, Wal-Mars EverStarts are notoriuos for this, I hate the fact hat
I'm about to suggest "Autozone" for a battery, but their 8 year Duralast
Gold is the most awesome battery I have every used. This thing cranked over
last winter, after 11 hours of music being played off it at a bonfire, like
there was a full charge.
Hope you find your problem and good luck.
Bill Day
----- Original Message -----
From: "Biff Byrum" <bbyrum9@foothill.net>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 2:43 PM
Subject: DML: Re: RE: Dead Dak - Help please!
>
> That's most likely it, or you have a dead cell. After sitting for 8 hours,
a
> good battery should sit at 13.48 to 13.61. When you checked the voltage,
did
> you probe the posts, or the cable ends? Try probing both, seperately. Also
> try the voltage at the positive side and the voltage at the starter post.
> There should be no more than a .04 volt drop. Biff
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick Barnes" <barnesrv@comcast.net>
> To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 6:35 AM
> Subject: DML: RE: Dead Dak - Help please!
>
> Sounds like a possible very bad connection at the ground side of the
> battery, that is a lot of resistance to start melting a ground cable.
Clean
> those connections well and try it again.
> >
> > Rascal
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Stephen
> Cecil
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 7:41 AM
> > To: Dakota List
> > Subject: DML: Dead Dak - Help please!
> >
> >
> > Yesterday while driving home, about 100 yards from my house, my Dak (2K
> 4.7L
> >
> > Auto) stopped running all of a sudden. When I tried to re-start it, it
> would barely turn over. I have a 6-month old Optima battery. Thinking
the
> battery was low, I got my wife's car and tried to jump it. It only
cranked
> a little better, and the insulation on the engine ground strap started to
> melt!
> >
> > I thought it might be heat soak in the starter(my '69 Camaro w/headers
> used to do that all the time), but that's never happened to the Dak
before.
> I got it
> > towed to the house and tried to start it this morning. It will crank
> slowly at first and then faster as it goes, but as soon as it seems to
> catch, the engine dies. Also, the ground strap insulation melting thing
is
> still there. No clanking or unusual mechanical sounds. It hasn't lit up
> the check engine light. I have checked the voltage of the battery (~12.3V
> resting).
> >
> > The last time I had something like this happen (in a Impala), the timing
> gears were stripped. Luckily I have a motorcycle to ride to work on, but
I
> would like to see if I can fix this without going to the dealer. I have
> the FSM but haven't had the time to run through it yet. Any ideas or
> suggestions?
> > I'm in digest mode, but I'll be checking the WWW gateway throughout the
> day.
> >
> > Thanks! Steve
> > 00 CC Sport+ 4.7L Auto 3.55 LSD
>
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