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Here is one I cannot find an answer to thus far:
I was driving my truck home on the interstate and before I got onto an elevated section, the truck seemed to stumble. It turns out that everything electrical reset. The stereo reset, the cruise control shut off, and all the gauges cycled like the key was turned off for a fraction of a second and was turned back on.
I pulled over and looked under the hood with the truck still running and the belts were fine, nothing cooked, battery in good condition, alternator charging fine. I drove the 45 minutes home and it did it 2 more times, different traffic conditions,
I have been over all of the ground connections. The truck has an aftermarket stereo and amps, so I have already run 4 gauge wire from the block to the firewall and from an alternator mounting bolt to the negative side of the battery.
It also has a 4 gauge wire from the alternator output to the battery positive.
I tried moving the key every way possible and it wouldn't do it again. I checked my battery terminals and they are fine. I moved the wires around to the main power fuse under the fuse panel and it ran fine the whole time.
I am offshore for work and can't look at the truck right now, I am just trying to see if anyone has any suggestions for me to try when I get back.
I was considering putting an analog volt meter in the cab run to the battery directly so I can see if the gauge twitches when this happens. I was thinking a battery possibly dying and shorting out randomly, but I would think the alternator could carry the load if that happens, or the battery would fail permanently instead of intermittently.
Thanks
I was driving my truck home on the interstate and before I got onto an elevated section, the truck seemed to stumble. It turns out that everything electrical reset. The stereo reset, the cruise control shut off, and all the gauges cycled like the key was turned off for a fraction of a second and was turned back on.
I pulled over and looked under the hood with the truck still running and the belts were fine, nothing cooked, battery in good condition, alternator charging fine. I drove the 45 minutes home and it did it 2 more times, different traffic conditions,
I have been over all of the ground connections. The truck has an aftermarket stereo and amps, so I have already run 4 gauge wire from the block to the firewall and from an alternator mounting bolt to the negative side of the battery.
It also has a 4 gauge wire from the alternator output to the battery positive.
I tried moving the key every way possible and it wouldn't do it again. I checked my battery terminals and they are fine. I moved the wires around to the main power fuse under the fuse panel and it ran fine the whole time.
I am offshore for work and can't look at the truck right now, I am just trying to see if anyone has any suggestions for me to try when I get back.
I was considering putting an analog volt meter in the cab run to the battery directly so I can see if the gauge twitches when this happens. I was thinking a battery possibly dying and shorting out randomly, but I would think the alternator could carry the load if that happens, or the battery would fail permanently instead of intermittently.
Thanks