Uncle Gump
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- Ottawa IL
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- 2006/1986
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- Ranger/BroncoII
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- 4.0L SOHC/2.9L
- 2WD / 4WD
- 4WD
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- Lead follow or get out of my way
I think I need to clarify something.
My truck has sat many times for more the 4 or 5 days. I work from home most days anymore so sitting 4 or 5 days is commonplace. Hell... when my mother comes to visit... it has probably sat for a month or more without being started. It typically fires right up... except like 3 or 4 times that it didn't. Each of those times it has ended with a battery replacement. The only thing that is consistent when it doesn't start... it's always during the winter. I couldn't get that lucky to have it fail when it's 75 and sunny.
This is why I have a hard time thinking it's a parasitic draw. A battery draining parasitic draw I feel would be pretty consistent. I would be jump starting this truck nearly everytime I use it.
I'm going to pay closer attention to my charging voltages. Maybe it's cooking the batteries?
My truck has sat many times for more the 4 or 5 days. I work from home most days anymore so sitting 4 or 5 days is commonplace. Hell... when my mother comes to visit... it has probably sat for a month or more without being started. It typically fires right up... except like 3 or 4 times that it didn't. Each of those times it has ended with a battery replacement. The only thing that is consistent when it doesn't start... it's always during the winter. I couldn't get that lucky to have it fail when it's 75 and sunny.
This is why I have a hard time thinking it's a parasitic draw. A battery draining parasitic draw I feel would be pretty consistent. I would be jump starting this truck nearly everytime I use it.
I'm going to pay closer attention to my charging voltages. Maybe it's cooking the batteries?