GingerKid
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- Location
- Beecher, IL
- Vehicle Year
- 1995
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 3.0
- Transmission
- Manual
Prior to today, everytime I turned the key in my ranger, it turned over with plenty of juice. When I went to start it today, it cranked slowly, but still started. I figured the dome light or something had just drained the battery overnight. I stopped for gas on the way to work, though, and when I went to start my truck again, it didn't even have the power to crank. I had to get a jump to get to work and another jump to leave work and go home.
This seems like a rather sudden death for a battery, but I didn't do anything out of the ordinary to the truck yesterday other than hook up the trailer wiring to a trailer to see if it works, since I haven't towed anything since I bought the truck. It didn't work, but I don't know how testing that could have caused the battery to fail or get drained. Everytime I hook it up to a charger or jump it, it starts easily. Right now I have it hooked to a charger at 2 amps, and I'm going to leave it for at least an hour, and see how it works from there.
Any ideas on what the problem could be, or any tests I could do at home to see if the battery is gone?
This seems like a rather sudden death for a battery, but I didn't do anything out of the ordinary to the truck yesterday other than hook up the trailer wiring to a trailer to see if it works, since I haven't towed anything since I bought the truck. It didn't work, but I don't know how testing that could have caused the battery to fail or get drained. Everytime I hook it up to a charger or jump it, it starts easily. Right now I have it hooked to a charger at 2 amps, and I'm going to leave it for at least an hour, and see how it works from there.
Any ideas on what the problem could be, or any tests I could do at home to see if the battery is gone?