Please, help with advice

[cfan10]

Can someone watch my video on youtube and tell me what is wrong with my truck. Still can't get it started. Hooked battery back up, tried to start it yesterday and now it just clicks. Autozone said it was a good batt. Will never deal with again.
My youtube handle is thezendriver. Thanks and I really appreciate your advice.
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[kcackler]

What is the truck doing when you try to start?

If it's just clicking and the battery is good, it could be the starter solenoid.

[cfan10]

Now it just makes clicking noise, before it was sounding like it ran out of gas. def not out of gas I put a hanger in tank to measure fuel level, it has plenty of gas.
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[Brian76GMC]

1. put a battery charger on it
2. try starting
if that doesnt work....
3. check to see if carb is getting fuel
4. check to see if plugs are getting power
the video is really vague and ya cant really hear whats going on. These are some basics to start with.

[terryj]

Make sure your battery cables are on tight, check your ground cable, if you have a voltmeter attach the voltmeter to the battery and check the voltage when you are trying to start the truck, if it drops below 10V's charge your battery. Sounds like you have enough voltage to engage the solenoid but not enough voltage spin the starter, or it's a bad solenoid, that is if your battery and connetions are good.

[ratrod67]

Make sure your battery is charged.
Make sure you have good solid connections at the battery, starter and ground.
If the above is true then if it just clicks I would change the starter. You mifght try tapping on the starter with a hammer while trying to start it and see if it will go.
Have you messed with the distributor? It could be out of whack(advanced or retarded)causing hard starting.

[Eyegore]

Originally Posted by ratrod67

Make sure your battery is charged.
Make sure you have good solid connections at the battery, starter and ground.
If the above is true then if it just clicks I would change the starter. You mifght try tapping on the starter with a hammer while trying to start it and see if it will go.
Have you messed with the distributor? It could be out of whack(advanced or retarded)causing hard starting.

What he said. If its clicking and not turning over it is more than likely the starter. Have someone hold the key to the start position, and lightly tap the starter with a hammer. Please make sure the truck is in park or netrual with parking brake on. If it turns over then replace the solenoid or starter. After replacing the starter if it turns over but does not start then check to see if you have spark in the plugs. If you have spark, then move onto the fuel supply, is the filter clogged, is the pump pumping and so forth.


Tom