Capt. Steve:

I was going to blame the solenoid on the starter but my money is on the stereo/radio. The short has to be fixed or the battery will be killed eventually. You could hook up a Battery Tender but then you'd only be putting a Band-Aid on the problem although the truck would start reliably every morning, lol.

If you can get a factory radio from the boneyard, I think that would be a good investment.

HTH,

Chris

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