Hey everyone.. been a while.. please excuse my absence
Maybe someone will recognize this situation. My '04 speedy sat in the garage over the winter, and now that it's spring and the flowers are popping, I pulled it out to go for a ride today. Has been and was running perfect up until I parked it a few months ago for it's winter nap. So, I go to crank her up, turn the key, and nada. Nothing. No lights or anything. Figured it was a dead battery from sitting in the cold, so I slap a charger on it.
Strange.. the charger (one of those with the current meter on the front) doesn't show any charging (zero amps). Dang, I figure the battery must have shorted a cell or something, but just to check, I threw a meter on it. 12.27V? WTF? Even if it was low, I should still get the panel lights when I turn the key, but nothing. So I unhooked the battery and connected directly to the charger so I KNOW it is getting power. Turn the key, and still nothing. Dang, I was hoping it was just the battery, but now it looks like something I am going to have to go digging for.
Maybe the switch? Put a meter on the battery and it's at 12+ volts until I turn the switch, where it drops down to about a quarter of a volt (~0.27V). Huh? Check resistance across the +/- battery cables (battery unhooked from the equation), no short, turn the key, get some resistance so it doesn't look like a direct short anywhere. Thought maybe the starter had got to a bad place and was putting a load, so I dropped it in gear and gave it a few bumps and still no joy.
Don't have time to really tear into it at the moment, but thought I'd throw this out there to see if anyone might have a clue as to the best place to start looking, or maybe ran across this situation before. I checked the fuses, all good. Check the wiring and connections and everything looks fine... no mice in there chewing on anything and it looks just like it did when it left the factory, although maybe a little bit dustier!
Ugggh.. beautiful weather and I'm stuck driving the truck.
Thanks!
Brad
