v6engine

It's an Autocraft Titanium battery. I should have had a solid 5 years with this thing. It was not a cheapy made in China kind of thing. It was a fairly pricey $87 battery. The life is too darn short and I don't think I have the receipt anymore.

It's an Autocraft Titanium battery. I should have had a solid 5 years with this thing. It was not a cheapy made in China kind of thing. It was a fairly pricey $87 battery. The life is too darn short and I don't think I have the receipt anywhere.

It was all the battery. It's running now with an other battery. It won't start with the original battery. the autozone guys says It tested bad had some shorted cells in it. It's kind of quick for a battery that's barely a couple years.

Came back from work, gave it a try and still nothing. Now the battery is going low. I'm giving it a rest, recharge my battery overnight and try to find a solution in the morning.

After a day idling, I decided to take the truck for errands this morning. Cranked the truck and... nothing. Tried several time again still nothing. No panic. I checked all fuses and all are fine. Tried to crank and still nothing. I disconnect the fuel pump hose and verified fuel was being pumped. Put it back in place. I checked the distributor for sparks when I crank. It looks good. I see sparks I checked the ECU and looked for code malfunction. ECU flashed code 55. I'm reading the service manual for possible hint for what's going on but nothing I can pin point as a culprit. This problem seems tough for me to solve despite being familiar with this truck. Any ideas as to what I should look for?

Maybe I can suggest you check something. Right on brake pedal there are two switches on top and two plastic pieces in front of them. If one of the black plastic pieces is missing, that's the cause. I took pictures to show you what I'm talking about. check to see if you have both of these plastic parts near the switches. If the one for the cruse is missing, you can turn on the cruise but you can't set it. Hope that's it

DreadPirateRedBeard, you're in good company.

That will do.

I'm waiting for the weekend to fix the problem but I see by reading the postings that there is no consensus on a solution. A few questions about the terms used in the postings: I guess BJ stands for ball joint. TRE probably tension rod ??. What's a CL If it's a toe, can you provide a solution to fix it? (I'll look up what's a definition of toe on my own) I'm familiar about engines, diffs, brakes but never mess with suspension aside from putting new shocks. Which is relatively a simple job in this truck.

/-\ Understood. I'll do both sides

Quick question. Should it be done for both sides or just the side that fell in the ditch?

Got it. I'll get shims at my next visit to the junkyard. Thank you both. http://i628.photobucket.com/albums/uu2/v6engine/DSCN5809.jpg

Got it. I'll get shims at my next visit to the junkyard. Thank you both. http://i628.photobucket.com/albums/uu2/v6engine/DSCN5809.jpg

With shims at the frame where the upper link is bolted on? Got to understand that beside from shocks, my suspension knowledge is limited. I never dealt with it.

Well, how? My rig is a 2x4. I don't think I have ball joints up front.