I bet he's right. Your batteries sound like they're toast.

What you need to do, is have someone with a good voltage tester put it across the battery posts.

Then put a load on the batteries. Could be anything, headlights, try to start it, etc..

You'll probably see the voltage drop to about 4 or something ridiculous.

If it does, your batteries are SHOT.

 

If you have a battery charger on it, and it's ONLY 12.4 v. something not right. If it's charging it should be 14 v plus, or at least 13.8 v, which is what a 12v system runs on.

 

Thanks for your replies...

It usally runs 13.8 voltes with the engine running, the carger i have on it is a 4 amp trickle charger. What is a good way to load the batteries besides the light or electric horn??

Maybe ill put my 1500 watt inverter on it, and test it that way :?

 

If you've got any juice, i.e., the dash lights cycle when you turn the key on, you should get activity on the autoshift display. Even if there's not enough juice to start the truck that display should still power up.

 

With a load tester



http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=90636


A trickle charger will need to be on the truck for maybe 48 hours to do anything, maybe more time than that.

You need a starter/charger to start the truck, at least 150 amps or more, the one I have is 200 amps.


http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=93997

 

Yes I'd suggest taking every battery out and getting them tested invdividually.

 

8) Hey guys, 8)

Just wanted to say thanks for the help. I found the problem this morning, and figured I would update the thread. The problem was a electrical connection between the battery and the trans.

You nailed it no worries :lol: I'm Impressed....However it wasn't easy for me to find ops:

Chris[/quote]

 

No_worries is right, if all your dash lights work etc. and only the display is not on, then you have a problem with power coming to the display. The batteries should be OK. If you turn the key and interior lights dim down to nothing then u have a battery problem. I haven't driven an auto yet but will drive one tommorrow. If you think it is your batteries, check the water in them. I almost bought new batteries for my truck and just by a hunch I decided to check the water. Did not see anything and started adding. I ended up adding 4 gallons to the 4 batteries. Now the truck starts even at -20 deg. celcius, after being parked for three days. Just thought I'd pass that on to u.

 

Glad you found the problem and it wasn't to serious. Don't be impressed, I'm familiar because mine just got stuck in 6th during rush hour near L.A. Was able to get to the shoulder and it was covered under warranty...but warranty doesn't cover a $500 tow bill :roll: