dieselbeef
dick doggin
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I don't drive it everyday..cpl times a week
when I go to start it it will start right up. the alt gauge will show very low and then start climbing for about 5 mins til it levels out. the alt is squeaking like its charging as hard as it can.
after a week the radio settings will be lost.
truck doesn't hesitate to start tho. seems to start fine.
I load tested the batts before I started it last night and they were low but didn't fail. truck started right up.
shut it off and disc the batts and put an amp guage in between the positive post and the cable. I had .1 draw..nothing really.
theyre duralast batts less than 6 mos old.
need some direction or ideas where to look next
I guess I could take the batts back since my gut tells me that's the problem but I doubt they will give me new ones w/o failing the load test
I might think the radio was bad but with the alt working like it is I doubt it.
idk wtf now
when I go to start it it will start right up. the alt gauge will show very low and then start climbing for about 5 mins til it levels out. the alt is squeaking like its charging as hard as it can.
after a week the radio settings will be lost.
truck doesn't hesitate to start tho. seems to start fine.
I load tested the batts before I started it last night and they were low but didn't fail. truck started right up.
shut it off and disc the batts and put an amp guage in between the positive post and the cable. I had .1 draw..nothing really.
theyre duralast batts less than 6 mos old.
need some direction or ideas where to look next
I guess I could take the batts back since my gut tells me that's the problem but I doubt they will give me new ones w/o failing the load test
I might think the radio was bad but with the alt working like it is I doubt it.
idk wtf now