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Corey
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7/28/2003
17:07:11

Subject: Help! 98 5.2L Won't start
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Help!! I got in my truck this a.m (98 Dak Sport 5.2l 5spd 4x4), put in the key and turned it, and as usual , all my idiot lights came on etc.. I go to start it and no dice. Everythig dies, my gauges are all out of whack, and all the idiot lights go out.

I tired several times again, and the dash indicators are intermittent and my gauges flutter slightly. I hear a faint click under the hood, but nothing to indictae the starter or solenoid is doing anything.

I tried to roll start is, now my truck is half a block away! No luck.

I tried to jump it, and still nothing, it just does what it did first thing this am..

Any ideas? Thanks!



99Dak5.2L4x4
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7/28/2003
17:12:35

RE: Help! 98 5.2L Won't start
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Need to replace the battery.



Corey
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7/28/2003
17:16:30

RE: Help! 98 5.2L Won't start
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..But if the battery was dead, would it not still start with a jump start? Or a roll start and run off the alt?



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7/29/2003
11:07:35

RE: Help! 98 5.2L Won't start
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Check the neutral safety switch at the clutch pedal.



Corey
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7/29/2003
11:44:15

RE: Help! 98 5.2L Won't start
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Thanks for your help guys...I took the initial advice and went with a new battery and all is well. I checked the charging system and it is functioning fine too.

It wouldn't jump because I put one cable on the + terminal, and one on the chassis...Had I jumped directly to the - post, it would have worked. Duh.......


Thanks again!



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7/30/2003
18:30:43

RE: Help! 98 5.2L Won't start
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Help for another satisfied user of this forum.



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