Won't start 00'F-250

[Swany]

No power hardly anywhere? dim lights and such? that's a battery issue, your alternator might be bad too, batteries could be bad, could be a short. did you do any electrical work yourself on it?

 

[Wideopen]

I'm thinking something along the lines ofelectrical...Maybe even a shorted GPR???

 

[Wideopen]

well guys I found out what it was...1 bad battery....only had em' 8 months..so got a new one free ...Now I'm waiting for the other to go bad and strand me.... oh and check this out when I unhooked the good battery the truck would start?????? What gives???

 

[Big K]

Originally posted by Wideopen
.... oh and check this out when I unhooked the good battery the truck would start?????? What gives???

Run that by me one more time....i'm feeling slow today

 

[Wideopen]

Originally posted by Big K
Run that by me one more time....i'm feeling slow today

Everything was dead with both batterys hooked up...like a dead battery.. if I unhooked the good battery ans the bad one then rehooked the bad only it would start:***: My thoughts exactly...so when I got to the store where I bought the batterys..I had them check the unhooked battery first ..thinking it was the bad one...it tested good... so for Chits and giggles..I had em' check the one I thought was good...It tested bad..:***: You can say that again.?? So I'm clueless on what happened

 

[PSDs_and_5Liters]

Thats a confusing one,and I thought I had a bad day......glad ya got it figured out, those kinda problems are the worst.

 

[Wideopen]

well after changing the battery everthing is fine???

 

[Swany]

hmmm, interesting....I think someone mentioned it might have been a bad battery all along.... glad to hear you got it figured out wo

 

[Wideopen]

Originally posted by Swany
hmmm, interesting....I think someone mentioned it might have been a bad battery all along.... glad to hear you got it figured out wo

Yeah I think that was my first thought???

 

[probear]

Wish I'd seen this sooner. I went though that almost identical thing a couple of years ago. One bad battery will often suck the power from the other battery. BTW, the voltage should be a little higher that mid 12s.
Oh well, guess i need to check in more oftern.

 

[Big K]

Originally posted by probear
BTW, the voltage should be a little higher that mid 12s.

Respectfully disagree. Mine check @ 12.74, and 12.72 - static. I did not think that W/O's static numbers were out of line. Static does not mean much, as previously stated, however. Load test tells the tale.

This still makes no sense, but glad I am, (Yoda voice), that running dependably again is W/O.