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    Truck died

    Hi all
    I went to the gas station and my Truck totally died. It started up fine for not having been started for about a month.
    When I went to restart everything you died with the first turn of the key. I cannot even get the radio or fan to come on.
    I figured it was a dead battery but still nothing functions even with the jumpers and a now charged battery.
    All of the fuses under the dash are good.

    Does any one know where I should even start to look for my power loss?

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    First place to check is the ground cable from the battery. They get corroded and then there's no continuity.

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    Ground cable is clean at both spots

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    There is a fusible link that is off of the positive terminal that goes into the harness - it looks like a piece of wire with connectors on it. If that fails, the truck goes dead. you can jump it out with a piece of wire until you can get a new one or replace it with a fuse holder with the correct fuse.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pennyman1 View Post
    There is a fusible link that is off of the positive terminal that goes into the harness - it looks like a piece of wire with connectors on it. If that fails, the truck goes dead. you can jump it out with a piece of wire until you can get a new one or replace it with a fuse holder with the correct fuse.
    you were close.
    The lead coming off of the battery splits to two wire (I think)
    the white wire's connector was crummy, looked a little burnt or tarnished.
    Cleaning it got the truck running again.

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