charged both how?
they could be out of balance, separate and charge them one at a time, then load test each one once charged
I used a 200/40/6>2 amp for two batteries and they really weren't too badly discharged and for the other two backup batteries I keep on hand, I used a 80/30/6>2 amp charger... I had two chargers going...
The Alt might be bad, but apparently the bigger problem is a nearly dead starter... Cable connections are good and clean up by the battery and down by the starter...
So, using the 200 Amp engine start feature on first charger, in tandem with two fully charged batteries connected in their respective places, the total of all three sources of amperage still wasn't enough to spin engine fast enough to catch... turned engine start off to rest for approx 5 min and then turned it back on later for another try...
Nope, it grew even slower to the point where it sounded again like the batteries were drained... Disconnected all clamps and tested open voltage between posts and it was 12.84 with both bats connected in parallel...
Ergo, naughty starter...
Let's see, now I can add the bad starter to the plethora of problems that popped up since last Saturday...
Smelling hot tranny fluid and throwing codes 29, 56, 62 and now 65... Going to really clean out wiring harness to SP and the Range detector harness and change tranny fluid, the stuff has been in there since spring of 2009 but has had some replaced since cooler line popped off till I lost forward momentum and another time when all of the fluid in TC spilled out because I had to pull old engine out with the damn thing still connected by one nut... Damn engine seized up before I could get the 4th nut off and wouldn't turn anymore (Block Worm)...
Ok, that's the biggest problem and not too bad as far as changing tranny fluid goes, but I have to adjust the tranny cable that I paid good coin for a ****** mechanic to install... Oh he installed it all right, but you gotta adjust it with the shifter on the column in D and he never did... So can't grab 1st gear and I gotta fix that before I refill tranny and go through all of the gears a few times before I can fill it the rest of the way... GRR!!!
Then Pressure sensor on filter head started leaking in addition to the little port where the fuel heater sticks it's head out... Got a slightly smallish o-ring in there but plan to delete it and plumb a pressure gauge there and I've already plugged the hole where the pressure sensor once sat... Now it's not loosing prime as much but air is still getting in there and I think it's the two olives on both ends of the line from head to IP and I've got them, just waiting for a good time to do it I guess...
That's just the most pressing needs that needs to be taken care of...
Then there's the 38 gal tank I bought with all of the other things needed for a complete swap, clean out the black showerhead grit that's in the fuel lines and take apart and clean tank selector valve and to do all of that, I need to take the bed off and got all of the new bolts to put a maybe better bed on.
Might as well talk about the rest of the things that need to be done to truck...
I'm presently looking for a parts truck for the front doors, fenders and bed and hoped to do that this weekend, but the owner of truck I picked out lost his title and now I have to wait for that... In the meantime, I'm going to get a Ranger so I can get back to work... And to have a 2nd means of transportation... You CAN catch bedbugs from the city buses...
Since last Saturday, everything has turned to ****, but one thing did change for the good...
I thought my IP was getting tired and I was getting the dreaded hot starts, but it turned out to be the starter... They last about two years and then I exchange it for another one... Autozone lifetime warranty...
Thanks for listening, sometimes everything just falls on you all at the same time over the duration of a week... I'm 63 and THAT"S never happened before...
