Q: Truck won't start and needs a battery.
I cannot get a newly purchased 1985 GMC K1500 to start, even though it was running a couple of days ago. While I think the truck needs a new battery, a job I can do myself, I am not confident this will fix the problem as the battery is turning the engine over.
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