Negative battery cable?

Swimmer8366 · October 30, 2016

Recently have been having problems with my 2002 Chevy Silverado 2500hd 4x4 6.0 gas

Tuesday I leave the shop to cash and check get back in after getting paid and she won't start she's got no power what so ever for anything electrical. So I disconnect the battery and reconnect and she fires right up.

Next day Wednesday no pproblems till I clock out of work entire way home stalls every idle. Get her home in the drive way purring like a Kitten no issues shut her down check all my connection every thing looks good. Get in her to go get beer and pizza nothing no power check battery good check terminals good check connection good.

Play around with the negative cable she starts ding for key being in ignition and door up fires up.

It is now Sunday and it has not done it again for me tto diagnosis any farther.

Has anyone here had anything similar. Any help suggestion before I put a 130$ OEM cable in and it not be it because I can't get it to duplicate again at this current time. Watch I'll get out of work to go tto the other job and it won't start and I wwon't be able to get into it because I'll be working on getting to work.

This is very aggravating. Thank you for any help or suggestions in advance

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Formulabruce · October 30, 2016

I believe there are two grounds on back of engine/firewall ( one may be a sheet metal ground) Something to check... Good luck

Swimmer8366 · October 30, 2016

I traced both off the battery one goes to block other the driver side frame.

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mjoekingz28 · October 31, 2016

Clean and prep grounds? Remove them, scuff up the mating surfaces, apply silicone grease, reconnect, apply paint over any exposed bare metal. That is all I can think of that may help.

Swimmer8366 · October 31, 2016

Getting to the matting area on the block will be able difficult task any one route the battery negative cable else where? Was debating alt or head bolt.

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Formulabruce · November 1, 2016

Check and clean if needed, the terminals in the Fusebox on DS underhood. This is a major power distribution block, and also has a ground

Swimmer8366 · November 1, 2016

Last Tuesday is when it started happened really bad last Wednesday now not doing it at all hasn't done it since Wednesday, here's what's going on I drive from the shop down to the restaurant to pick up my pay check (I work at all Chrysler dealer and at all local Apple Bees) I get my check go back to truck no pstart no power at all dome jlight isn't even getting power. Get out disconnected the terminals hooked back up started no problems, now Wednesday after work at the shop entire way home stalls aand just about every red light stop sign etc. Get it home won't stall in the drive way. Shut her down go back to truck ten min later to pick up pizza no power again disconnected terminals didn't work this time chase cables everything looks good buddy of mine swings through we check all fuses all are tight in tthe junction panel. Give the cables and junction panel and shake down get power back and have not had a problem since.

Debating on shooting out to a you pull it junk yard getting a junction panel and two cables.

Junction panel is $10

Battery cables are $6 each

Gonna pick up two of each just for the hell of it.

any suggestions? Anyone else have this problem? I'm not even sure if this is what's wrong with it it's a shot in the dark. Any help/suggestions/input would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all in advance.

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Swimmer8366 · November 1, 2016

Everything looked good there. Maybe the problem is internal? Like I said it's not doing it now so there is like no way I can chase wires grounds anything

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