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Yeh, trying to keep it simple, without knowing what he really has where and more than likely caused two problems trying to fix one.

If your luck is like mine, with your process of elimination of new parts and poor test methods, then your solution will be the last component you replace. I'm assuming you don't have a load tester for your batteries? Just checking volts with a meter is not good enough, as gimpyrobb stated...

It's very possible it has been painted over. The 8.3 cranks very fast, unless your batteries are down or junk.

By the nature of their design they will, and do consume considerably less power.

M925A2 Factory starter. Dreaded military 60 amp alternator. The good stuff will look obviously different.

Thanks for sharing that story again! It really helps one recognize the damage that can be done by shorting batteries. I went to add a cable to the stud on the solenoid just a couple of days ago... As I stood there looking at it, wondering if I should cautiously install it hot, I thought of...

What you afraid your new fangled starter can't handle all those Amps? Fun with too many AMP things... tell the story about dropping the socket on the battery cable while wiring up your new flux capacitor! Sorry, I couldn't resist, getting boring without pictures of you and IGM sisters...

First off thanks for your updates... way to many dead end threads out there! Not enough available AMP's can be a big, damaging, problem not the other way around, UNLESS YOU CREATE A SHORT! You will be money ahead befriending a local mechanic, a knowledgeable member or even someone with an...

You can rule out possibility #3. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Also disconnect your power at the batteries before trying to clean the CARC off the terminals. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Don't bridge the big terminals on these big diesel systems. You'll get a much larger fireworks show than your everyday vehicle. You want to jump the small start terminal to the big battery terminal. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Do you know how to jump the solenoid? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The truck will be much better with two 8D's. Depending on how the car battery went "bad", was likely your entire problem. Make sure the new batteries are both fully charged, check the voltage across both batteries with a meter, start the truck and check the voltage again...