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Posted by Bob on July 04, 2003 at 16:42:45 from (66.163.134.177):
In Reply to: OT Farm truck quit running posted by doc on July 04, 2003 at 11:20:40:
Do your headlights work? Use a test light and trace the route of the positive battery cable to the starter or starter solenoid. Do you have power there? I have seen battery cables where the connection has been pulled loose in one of the end terminals so that it looks OK, but is broken internally. If you have voltage to the terminal stud where the + cable hooks (with the test light grounded to the engine block),this would indicate the 2 battery cables are OK. You will need to trace where the main power to the electrical system connects to the stud where the battery cable is hooked. There is probably a wire or a FUSIBLE LINK burned off in this area.
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