I stopped at the grocery store and when I came out turned the key and a click then lost all power in the truck. So opened the hood to check battery terminals...all tight.....standing there for 1-2 minutes then the engine bay hood light comes on....closed the hood and it started right up.
now its back in the garage and I'll check it tonight.
Almost like a relay tripped then reset itself......or ground straps.
any thoughts?
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if the time ever comes you can't see it, you can lay on your back and do it from underneath.
At least your major connections are on the solenoid on the fender not the prostate like a chev.
Sounds like the negative cable connections would be the first spot to check. Next check solenoid's connections. Lastly clean battery posts.
Why drive a 1929 truck (you said antique) in the winter
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My 97 GMC has done something similar a couple of times to me...Will be running just fine...will stall, just quits, not stumbling or running out of gas. I can then crank it, but it wont start....A minute later, it starts and runs just fine again. No codes or anything...puzzling
My 97 GMC has done something similar a couple of times to me...Will be running just fine...will stall, just quits, not stumbling or running out of gas. I can then crank it, but it wont start....A minute later, it starts and runs just fine again. No codes or anything...puzzling
its just like a breaker trips and needs to cool to reset. I had that on another chevy when I was trying to fix the tail lights on a trailer. I would plug in the trailer go to the back and no turn signals so unplugged the trailer and . went to the fuse panel under the hood and had power. wtf........did that for a long time till it dawned on me that the circuit was on a breaker and was resetting itself.
good thought but I don't think there is a breaker on the main circuit.
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if the time ever comes you can't see it, you can lay on your back and do it from underneath.
bad cell in the battery maybe . ???. Years ago I went to a small cycle repair shop that specialized an American an British bikes . the lane way was about 60 ft long an the last half rose like 15 ft . I had to park on the grade behind another car . that dude wanted to leave . So I go out get in my car turn the key , nothing , no lights , no crank , not a sound .
I can,t get boosted cause the guy is ahead of me . We roll it down the lane way out onto the road . after the car was level on the road for like 30 seconds , all the dash lights came on . I threw it in park started right up , every thing worked .
An open in a cell in the battery ..77.
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I,m as cool as Milner , but axeually a bit more like Beckwith
I'm not being a wise guy but is this problem peculiar to GM , maybe in the design being different from other brands ? My buddy with the 396 Camaro had similar issues with his aftermarket ignition .
bad cell in the battery maybe . ???. Years ago I went to a small cycle repair shop that specialized an American an British bikes . the lane way was about 60 ft long an the last half rose like 15 ft . I had to park on the grade behind another car . that dude wanted to leave . So I go out get in my car turn the key , nothing , no lights , no crank , not a sound . I can,t get boosted cause the guy is ahead of me . We roll it down the lane way out onto the road . after the car was level on the road for like 30 seconds , all the dash lights came on . I threw it in park started right up , every thing worked . An open in a cell in the battery ..77.
I did see something on the net about a recall on some gms re the battery plates separating. makes sense since everything else is working fine
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if the time ever comes you can't see it, you can lay on your back and do it from underneath.
My 97 GMC has done something similar a couple of times to me...Will be running just fine...will stall, just quits, not stumbling or running out of gas. I can then crank it, but it wont start....A minute later, it starts and runs just fine again. No codes or anything...puzzling
Coil saturation ... check the wires between the cap and coil... I have had the negative fail just behind the crimp wire looks fine from the outside . All would be fine and it was like someone reached over and shut off the key . let it sit for a bit and start back up. drove me nuts for a few weeks.
My 97 GMC has done something similar a couple of times to me...Will be running just fine...will stall, just quits, not stumbling or running out of gas. I can then crank it, but it wont start....A minute later, it starts and runs just fine again. No codes or anything...puzzling
Coil saturation ... check the wires between the cap and coil... I have had the negative fail just behind the crimp wire looks fine from the outside . All would be fine and it was like someone reached over and shut off the key . let it sit for a bit and start back up. drove me nuts for a few weeks.
You may be right....Its only done it 3 times, the one time, I opened the hood and pushed down on the cap and wires and it started up. Will check it out, thanks
