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2004 Chevy 2500 HD Silverado, I drove the truck at 2:30 at 3:30 I went out to start the truck and both batteries were dead, they would not even move the needle of the tester. Truck is a duramax 80,000 miles no problems prior to this , batteries are 9 months old.
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The best way is to take your time...,Set Emerg brake,start vehicle and put into neutral..Engage 4 wheel drive,look at your dash gauge area for 4 wheel drive light to come on..Put truck in reverse and release park brake..,Back up 10ft.slowly..Then put it in drive and pull up 10 ft.slowly then you should be in four wheel drive..
check your timing chain its probably broken. diesels have no spark plugs and uses compression ignition and uses a lot of battery charge to turn it over. thats why it sounded like it was dead. if the chain brakes the upper and lower cam and crank shafts aren't in time together so you get no compression ignition. sorry for your troubles and hope i helped
Start with the simple things first. Check connections at starter and battery, check connection of main ground cable. Operate your test again at outside at night (in the dark) and have person watch the engine compartment for sparks which are easy to see at night. Always diagnose problem from the source, and check to make sure solenoid on starter is good, also that clearances are correct and starter is not binding when it tries to rotate.
The gas tank on your truck doesn't decide when the gas pump shuts off. It sounds like you think it's not as full as it is. Make sure your looking at the gas gauge instead of the temp gauge.
Are both batteries fully charged showing 12v? I ask this because I don't know if your friend's vehicle was charging. If it wasn't then when you put that battery back in your system it would reduce your overall voltage.
START LOOKING FOR A BAD GROUND. MAKE SURE U HAVE A GROUND FROM THE BATTERY TO THE ENGINE, ENGINE TO FRAME. GET A VOLTMETER AND GO FROM THE - POST OF BATTERY TO A GOOD GROUND. ANY READING OTHER THAN MILLIVOLTS INDICATE U HAVE A BACK FEED PROBLEM SOMEWHERE.
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