Browsing Posts tagged Truck

My truck (02′ ford f150) had difficulty turning on this morning, so my dad tried this trick he learned. He connected a voltage tester to the negative from the battery, and the other end to one of the spark plug caps….started right up. Can anyone explain why this worked? I’m assuming he reset something. Also, [...]

I will have the ignition just turned to accessory/aux because I do not want to run my truck the whole time.

I have an 83 Chevy s-10. Replaced battery last month, started up great. Went to start it today, its dead. No lights, no clicking sound, nothing. Put a battery tester on the battery, it had 12.9 volts but said the alternator voltage was bad. Can the alternator be bad and the battery still be fully [...]

I’ve got a ’97 Checvy S-10 4 banger with a really corroded battery cable. I think this cable is causing the problems I’m having with the thing. I want to replace it but I don’t want to have the thing die on me on my way to the auto parts store. I do have a [...]

I bought an inverter for the chest freezer in my ice cream truck. The battery didn’t stay charged more than 4 hours. I need to buy a car battery charger and another battery to keep it charged up. I was looking at a 2/6/10 amp charger. About how long would it take to charge one [...]

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