Very Frustrated
OK, bear with me on a long post. Packed and ready to head south with unit loaded and ready for family. Had been on auxiliary power this past week and all appliances/accessories were functional. Wen...
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time2roll wrote:
First thing I would do is get your voltmeter on the battery. Measure the resting voltage. And yes check both the house and the chassis batteries. Then observe the meter on the chassis battery while DW attempts to start. If it fails use the boost and continue to observe and record.
Post the results. Otherwise next time it starts you need to roll to the shop and get it looked at.
OPs first post did say they tried a new battery, they were not able to get the correct size but did try what they had bought with no joy. Then they returned the wrong size battery.
Battery is ruled out.
OP has a 2004, Ford Chassis, which would have 5.4 or 6.8 Modular aluminum engine.. Starter is in a bad place, gets very hot, gets very wet, gets very rusty, solenoid gets very crispy, terminals corrode and snap off.. Solenoid is located on the starter and it takes a beating there..
I HAVE been there with a 2003 Ford truck and a 2006 Ford truck, the starter when it is going south often will intermittently do a no crank a few times or even a yr or so before it totally dies..
This is a common symptom on these engines.
OPs RV is within the age to have that starter just fail (lack of miles means nothing to rust and rot), it is giving warning signals that it needs changed. Next time may be at a rest stop or lonely road somewhere instead of at home.
OP could try cleaning the solenoid terminal connections but I would bet that at least one will snap off when they try (been there, done that to) but you can't clean the one going into the starter the way it is designed.
