she wouldn't start

[JApplegate]

my boss sent me to the john deere store to buy oil for the tractors. i asked him if i should take my truck or his. he asked if mine pasted insection i said nope. so i took mine... . well i get to the store and get the oil pay for it with a check and go out side to go back to the farm... . well then the fun started... ... i was waiting for the glow plugs to warm up (habbit) and went to start her and she didn't move and the lights went out on the dash board..... darn :{ ... ... call my boss up "ROOONNNN" he told me to buy a new battery. back in side we went!! they looked at it and said well we only have a 650 cca (at 0*F) and in it went. they put the battery on my bosses account (good thing i only had 10$) and he said that they just put new battery acide in it... will this start my truck when it's 5*F outside??? and about how much will this battery cost my boss then me?? don't make this hurt more then it has too

P. S. when i got back i had to say "TOLD U SOO!!!"

 

[michigandon]

So, how did you make out on the English final?

 

[bgilbert]

Well no glow plugs on your Cummins. Minimum cca is 1025 at 0*F. Not to say it won't start with your little guy battery, but I wouldn't trust it at 5*F, plus your starter and alternator won't appreciate it either. Find a group 31 1025+cca battery and be done with it.

 

[CDegner]

Group 30H also works ... 1025 CCA as well

 

[dpuckett]

You COULD plug it in at 5 deg above zero. No law against that. Though it is fun to see a PSD crank and crank when it's cold outside, and the cummins goes "crank, Vroom!" I currently have about 900CCA in mine; that was all they had at work when my battery blew its top, so for $30, you get what you pay for. It never gets cold around here, though; it's a non-issue for me.



ALso, get your starter checked- if it is bad, it can drag on everything.



Daniel

 

[rlyons]

Hey what makes the difference if the english is correct? Give the guy a break, he just wants information. At least he knows what kind of truck to drive so he can't be all that bad. I do however agree that you should have a battery with more cold cranking amps. It is hard on the starter and electrical system due to a voltage drop when you start an engine with too small a battery. I have two 900's sitting side by side in mine and it starts no matter how cold it gets.

 

[JApplegate]

it's ok..... i know who to send my english essays to get spelled checked... ... *smiles* now maybe people will think twice about picking on people about there english.

michigandon i passed english with a 85 and school starts the 7th so be ready hehehehehe

 

[dpuckett]

Why's his English matter?

So those of us who try (TRY, cant always succeed, though) to speak proper English can make out what he's trying to say. Punctuation helps a lot. Sounds like you need a new ghost writer if she can only get you an 85 :-laf



-DP