Rare Breed
New member
- Joined
- Feb 20, 2012
- Messages
- 24
- Location
- Wrightsville Beach, N.C.
- Tractor
- 1995 Ford 3930 2 wheel drive
My bet is the battery has a cell shorted internally. This could give you just enough for that first crank and then discharge. You will need to charge battery fully, then take somewhere that has a load tester. (Advance Auto, Napa, etc.) This should shed some light on your problem. A proper functioning battery discharging that quickly would equal a fire or smoke as a previous poster mentioned.