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Old 02-03-2024, 06:55 PM   #4594
'68OrangeSunshine
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter

I had to cannibalize the Battery out of my '68 C/10 Stepside to mount in the '71 GMC.
Yesterday, it was raining cats'n'dogs in Tucson [rare event] and I had to run into town -- wipers and lights on -- for a repair on my Android phone. [While working under the truck last Summer, the lens of the camera got smashed in my hip pocket.]
They finally got the lens part in. So I went down. It would be a 90 minute wait, so I was gonna hit a bookstore to hang.
No Start Gripe.
Just the primordial ''click''. Had to go back inside the store to borrow my phone to call Roadside Rescue.
The phone was fixed before the jumpstart guy got there.
It started right up with the booster.
Before going over today, I read 12.82 VDC on the battery terminals.
I ran the Jimmy into O'RAP and got the System Check. Guy said the Batt was bad.[Bad cell, I guess.] Alt and starter OK. It's about 4 years old, so I will replace it maybe Wednesday.
Until then, it'll run fine with the Pickup's battery.
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