by dvanbramer88 » Mon May 19, 2014 8:09 pm
97 Chevy K1500
I received my PCM from pcmforless today. Got it hooked up, and when I went to start my truck, the battery seemed really weak and the starter wasn't doing much. I pulled up my dad's truck to jump it. After 10 minutes of being hooked up with jumper cables, it is hardly making a difference. I take his battery out of his truck and put it in mine, I get my trucked fired up. Put my battery in his truck to let it charge.
I got get gas, stop back at home to shut his truck off, and go for a ride. After 7 total miles, it feels like my trans is slipping, and 30 seconds later my engine shuts off, and I roll to a stop. I try to start the truck and the starter is doing very little again. Hardly turning for a second. My dad comes to give me a jump, and while I am trying to start my truck, he notices his amp gauge dropping to zero while I crank the motor. I can't get it started and he drags me home with a tow strap. Put the battery charger on the battery when we get home, battery charger shows a dead battery. Let it charge for a few hours, and it shows full battery again. I got to try to start my truck, and the starter again, just makes a little noise and barely moves. After turning the key just a couple times, the battery charger says the battery is completely dead again.
Seems like I have a terrible short in the starter or the starter circuit, and may possibly need an alternator too. I still don't know why the truck died while I was driving. Don't know if the battery got drained because of a bad alternator, or there was other issues going on. While the truck was running/driving it felt great right up until the trans felt like it was slipping and the motor died seconds after.
Any opinions?
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