Dare44

i was driving pulled into my friends driveway and shut the truck off he told me to back up to his truck so i tryed to restart it and all my dash lights went out as the starter clicked once and all power to the truck was gone. I tested the battery, terminal connects, fuses i cant figure it out any help would be great suppose to be going wheeling tomorrow and i cant figure it out HELP ME PLZ

CJM

Your starter contacts are bad:
1. Buy new contacts at the dealer, open starter and replace for a total of about an hours time and 30 bucks.

2. Buy a new starter.

To get home have your friend give the starter a tap while you try and turn the key. If that doesnt work try rolling a bit and turning the key while in neutral.

Dare44

why would all my power go out on the dash and interior?

Dare44

help me out guys could the truck be grounding out somewhere?

cobra6syc

sounds like you have a bad connection, give all you connections a good wiggle, should be tight, and check the battery and its connections again.

cobra6syc

...and make sure no wires are fraid and mangled either!

youngyota88

check the wire going to the fuse box behind the battery. if you dont have a tue down on it it could damage the wire

Dare44

i checked it and i have power at the fuse box so could it be that it is grounded or something has come disconected at the ecu ?

MMA_Alex

the terminals are clean right? just because you have power to stuff in the cab doesent mean that the connections are gunna support the kind of amperage required to turn over that starter.

Oh, and if you haven't done the starter before, and aren't a professional mechanic you're not gunna get it off and back on in an hour lol...

Dare44

yes the terminals were cleaned last night the battery was the first thing that i suspected because it is hella old but everything seems to be working fine on it my battery charger says it has a full charge and we tryed jumping it to and nothing worked

Dare44

got it fixed nobody guessed what it was tho, it was giving power but very little the battery terminals were clean but the connections had just enough cerosion on them to not give enough power to the truck, i stripped all the wires and cleaned connectors, started right up thanks for ur guy's input

thook

DARN!! I was just getting to ready to suggest you probably need to rebuild the engine.