Lights flicker, computer resets?

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lowreese26

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Last few months I have had an issue I’m stuck on fixing. Sometimes when I turn off the truck the interior lights flicker. The next time I start the truck it doesn’t run right. Then I turn it off for a few seconds and start again. Two months ago when I went to get smog checked, they told me the battery had been disconnected, which ithadn’t. Just sitting on a battery tender. Any ideas
 

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Sounds like a loose ground, or even a positive on the battery. With all of the extra connections I have hanging off of my battery on both positive, and negative connections. I started the truck the other day, and it clicked, went dead for just a second, and then it was good. Truck started fine, and ran fine. Well in doing my e-fan upgrade Friday, I found a loose stud on the ground side of the battery. There was my problem. My connections have no corrosion. I grease my connections to prevent this. This would also make sense that they would have told you that the battery had been disconnected when it hadn't. If you have some corrosion, you can use some baking soda, and water mixed up about 2 TLBS to a glass of water, to dissolve the corrosion on the battery, the terminals, and the cables, then coat it all in grease to prevent future issues.
 

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Do you have a replacement cable end for the battery terminal?
 

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Could be bad ground(s), bad cable terminal(s), a fray in cabling somewhere grounding out against metal. I've also seen a dying alternator show the same symptoms that you're seeing. Start there and come back to us if none of these fix your issues.
 

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I have had all my cables replaced with 1/0 gauge wire. But I don’t like the way it came out but it worked for years. So I’ve been planning to rewire it all. So I’ll see if that fixes it. Thanks for the suggestions. And I’ll report back
 

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