91xlt4x4
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- Vehicle Year
- 1991
- Make / Model
- XLT 4.0L 4x4
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- Automatic
Hey everybody.
Edit:
I think I was unclear about something in the original post so I re-did it.
The battery in my truck keeps dying if I keep it hooked up.
When I put an ammeter between the (brand new) battery post and the cable, one of the relays pictured below clacks non-stop and I don't know why.
If I hook the battery up like it should be connected, it clacks three times then stops.
The truck starts and runs good. It just kills the battery when it sits.
If the relay weren't freaking when I try to use the meter, I would pull each fuse and see when the draw from my battery drops to an acceptable level.
That's how I've isolated shorted circuits in the past.
But so long as the relay keeps clacking, I can't get an accurate reading on the multimeter.
I've decided to pull each fuse and put the ammeter between the terminals in the fusebox.
...but the clunking coming from the relay haunts me.
Anyways, thanks for reading the post.
Edit:
I think I was unclear about something in the original post so I re-did it.
The battery in my truck keeps dying if I keep it hooked up.
When I put an ammeter between the (brand new) battery post and the cable, one of the relays pictured below clacks non-stop and I don't know why.
If I hook the battery up like it should be connected, it clacks three times then stops.
The truck starts and runs good. It just kills the battery when it sits.
If the relay weren't freaking when I try to use the meter, I would pull each fuse and see when the draw from my battery drops to an acceptable level.
That's how I've isolated shorted circuits in the past.
But so long as the relay keeps clacking, I can't get an accurate reading on the multimeter.
I've decided to pull each fuse and put the ammeter between the terminals in the fusebox.
...but the clunking coming from the relay haunts me.
Anyways, thanks for reading the post.
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