Put new starter and nothing, battery is good

290,000 MILES • 5.3L • 4WD
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LSIROSKY
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Turn key on lights work and every thing else works. turn key to start all dash lights go out. head light goes dim.
Jul 22, 2019 at 8:39 AM
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ASEMASTER6371
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Good afternoon,

Sounds like you either have a low battery or dirty cables.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/everything-goes-dead-when-engine-is-cranked

Use a voltmeter on the battery and test the voltage. Then have someone try to crank it and tell me that voltage as well.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/car-battery-load-test

Roy
Jul 22, 2019 at 9:08 AM
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LSIROSKY
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Battery is good, clean cable all good. Started it up that morning hour later try to start nothing.
Jul 23, 2019 at 5:51 AM
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ASEMASTER6371
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Do you have a voltmeter to give me the actual voltage? I need that information.

Roy
Jul 23, 2019 at 11:30 PM
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