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| | | | Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 6,941 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 6,941 | Make sure you don't have a parasitic drain running down your battery when the engine is turned off.
Charge the battery up to full 12.86v -13.0 v and don't start or drive the truck. Check the voltage the next morning 12+ hours and see what the voltage is. If it's dropping significantly when not running, you'll have to run tests to find the draw. If the battery stays at full charge for a few days of just sitting there, then look at your generator and voltage regulator.
I recently found parasitic draws on two vehicles. One had the horn circuit drawing down the battery even thoght the horns were not connected. ( the problem was the wiring inside the steering column). The other was a bad alternator discharging the battery when the engine was turned off.
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1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe |1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1969 Pontiac GTO (The Dishpit) I 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)
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