Got a fella in camp with a 7.3 that has 479,000 miles. It won't start. It smokes out the pipe when he cranks it. I have already talked to him about my opinion. He disagrees. He just keeps charging t...
When I bought my F-350 used from a "honest" owner he didn't tell me it wouldn't start. Later I found scratch marks on the terminals where he jumped it. Bottom line. If a battery is bad, any amount of charging won't bring it up to full charge so he will always be working with a week battery. A jump from a truck connected to the outside battery should fire it up. If not, proceed to plan B and more beer & popcorn.. That's all I got...:(