Won't crank. Battery good. No codes.

ravingmadman · Jun 26, 2009

Ok. So the hoe has done this twice now recently (last 7 days). I turn the key, all the dash lights light up, but the starter will not engage. The battery shows good voltage on the meter. The kicker-

To fix it, I disconnect the negative battery lead for a minute, then reconnect it, and it fires right up. No codes, No nothing. WTF? Anyone seen anything like this before? I searched, and did not find.

blueflamed03 · Jun 26, 2009

bad connection at battery, or starter? When truck won't start, will headlights come on full?

ravingmadman · Jun 26, 2009

HAHAHA. Yeah, I've replaced all the wires, and cleaned all the connections I couldn't replace, with a wire brush. Lights come on, everything looks awesome, other than the regular idiot lights on the dash telling me I have no oil pressure, etc., just like every other time I start it. And the voltage on the battery looks good taken from elsewhere on the truck, like back of the alternator, and a random ground. Next time it does it, I'm taking video. I think my truck is just possessed.

I'm trying to contact the local archdiocese (spelling?) for a possible excorcism.

AtomicHoe094 · Jun 26, 2009

id go back to that guy who sold you the pos.. even tho i know you tried, id go to his house and have a good nice talk with that bastard..

CodeB4U · Jun 26, 2009

Does it click? Have you banged the starter and then try and crank it? Does it have 12 volts at the starter when it doesn't start?

aaahhhh i think i know what it is !!!

Auxilliary Blinker Fluid Reservoir is low

ravingmadman · Jun 26, 2009

I have not checked either the starter voltage or the aux blinker fluid res levels. I will check the starter voltage next time it does it, but I'm relatively certain it has juice, since the top of the new cables have power. But you know how that goes. It is one more thing to rule out, right? I'll top off the blinker fluid when I get home.

961500 · Jun 26, 2009

Does it have a factory security system? Was one of the issues I had to eliminate when I was redoing my truck. Maybe the issue just another item on the list!

992door · Jun 26, 2009

I would try hitting the starter with a mallet or something

99COOP · Jun 26, 2009

did you replace the actual ground cable at the battery. If you disconect and reconect and it fires then it might just be that bad ground. I know mine did the same thing, and was about to replace the starter and ended up checking and replacing the ground and i was good to go.

tast101 · Jun 26, 2009

I think your flux capacitor is going bad.

Won't crank. Battery good. No codes.

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