Hard Starts...

[STROKED_NY_023]

So lately my truck has been starting real hard in the morning and after work when it has been sitting all day. It acts like the batts are almost dead, i stuck a charger on and they were fully charged...

If the truck has been running it running it starts right up like normal. Also if i crank the motor for like 3 secs, let the GPs warm up again it cranks like normal...

Any ideas??

[ryandamo]

try checking the grounds on your battery,

[Bliker]

I had similar problems last week. The starter turned over, but not real strong. It has gotten worse as the weather has gotten colder. I thought it might be the cables, because of corrosion. I changed those, not cheap, and that didn't help. I then changed the starter, and that was it. It cranks over much faster than before.

[ALASKANPOWERSTROKE]

Possibal glow plugs mabey

[STROKED_NY_023]

Well it was the starter.... Lasted awhile before it finally totally stopped cranking...

[ryandamo]

ya know what i was trying to find this post because i ran into the same problem a day after new years, thought it was the batteries and finally the starter seized up, put a new one on and it starts within 3 seconds no matter how cold. If you had the original starter, the problem is they have a hole on the side where water can get in and eventually wreck them, on reman and new starters a plug is installed in this hole.

[STROKED_NY_023]

The new one I picked up from NAPA has a drain tube on it that I was told is to let the water out...