Awesome I will try doing that with the Altenator and see what happens than. It is one thing I have not tried yet.

 

Sadly getting my parts to any of those places is a 2 hour drive from where I live! However I like the idea you gave and will try when it stops raining!

 

Good luck!

 

Just wanting to send an update out on this. I tried disconnecting the alternator and firing it up again. And still nothing. Just get a click but won't even attempt to fire.

 

If you try and jump the truck with the alternator disconnected from the battery, do the cables get hot like they did in your first posting? If they do, then your starting/charging system has a short in it. Also, try this: using a fully charged battery, connect a voltmeter (digital or analog multimeter) between the ground terminal on the battery and the heavy battery terminal on the starter solenoid and record that reading. Now get a helper to try and start the truck and record that voltage reading. If the voltage drops much below 9.6 volts, then either your battery has one or more bad cells, or your starter is bad. Yes, even brand new or remanufactured starters can be bad out of the box.

 

So a bit of an update on the Saga of this truck. After messing around all weekend I decided that it would be in my best interest to try out a new battery yet again. Making this the 3rd one that I would attempt. Believe it or not this battery worked this time however a new issue arouse. The truck will not attempt to turn over. But now there isn't any spark to fire it. Any ideas what this might be?