What did YOU do today?

[alwaysFlOoReD]

some guy idled his bigass f150 into me.

my truck has been suddenly not been starting randomly during drives after being prked off for 15min or 1 min. cant be low voltage. just clicks once when key/ignition/starter cranked. then i pop the hood and shake the cables a bit and it starts. cable connections are tight and clean. any ideas?

Bad cables. Could be corroded behind insulation. I had one truck that the cable by the starter was hanging by just a couple threads. Eventually they burned thru. Luckily I was a block away from a parts place.

 

[youngbuckwithapickuptruck]

IDK about from home depot, but a local gravel supplier will happily sell you half a bag or so. Might be worth asking.

they wont sell bagged rock and i dont want to drop 1000lb of rock directly into the bed of my 2.5l and drive 45miles of shittty farm road asphalt

 

[Li'l Work Truck]

took in 66lbs of aluminum can deposit to the scrap yd then left with 4 spools i sell for $10ea.
then some guy idled his bigass f150 into the back of my trailer.
then drove gravel home 60 miles, large strap came loose 20miles in.

my truck has been suddenly not been starting randomly during drives after being prked off for 15min or 1 min. cant be low voltage. just clicks once when key/ignition/starter cranked. then i pop the hood and shake the cables a bit and it starts. cable connections are tight and clean. any ideas?

*edit*
replacement positive battery terminal end attachment bolts were snug, not tight

oh, and yesterday my gf was feeling upset/sick so i built her a shelf.... and then i spent the second half of the day sick.

I don't remember who it was thst said their ground cables failed inside the casing, but that might be what you're running into. He said the cables crunched when he bent them.