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7/18/2010
Curtis B., service manager
Category: Heavy Equipment
Satisfied Customers: 45,126
Experience: 30 years exp. with diesel engines, heavy equipment and forklifts, including lp forklifts
VerifiedGet out your voltmeter and check the battery voltage, needs to be at least 12.5 volts. While at the battery, one lead on the positive post the other to the frame, should read the same as battery. This test the ground system. If no reading, check the battery cables and check the negative to the frame. If ground checks good, check battery voltage when you hit key to start. Voltage should stay above 9 volts, if not battery is dead or bad. Let me know. It sure sounds like a ground problem. Thanks.
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