first, I'm not a mechanic.

I do buy trucks and drive them a long time.

If you are running down a battery, it could be:

  • battery
  • bad cables (corrosion all the way through)
  • bad alternator (brushes, VR, whatever)
  • starter going out (electrical or mechanical)
  • short somewhere


there may be a way to figure out each of these on your own. (I don't know it)

my best luck has been with a good auto electric place.

they can put clamps on your ground and positive wires while you start it and tell you what the problem is.


Originally Posted by jorgeI
...Actually Sycamore, you are sort of right....