08 won't start after reconnecting battery

After having to replace a wheel bearing and disconnecting the battery as the Chilton said to do. I can now not get my truck started. It tries but not starting. Any ideas.

 

Did it start fine before you disconnected the battery? Welcome to TW by the way.

 

Thanks. Yes, perfectly. Only issue was wheel bearing.

 

Maybe you didn't connect the battery right? Disconnect it and connect it again.

 

I sure hope that wasn't a girl joke. I've disconnected and reconnected 3x's now

 

check fuses. You messed something up.

 

I'm actually being serious... I have no idea why it won't start now. What happens when you turn the key? Does it click once or nothing? Do any dash lights turn on?

 

Sorry a little touching about my being a girl and working on my own truck.

It acts like it is trying to start. Everything comes on like normal. I've never had to crank on this truck

 

How old was this battery? It may have just been on it's last legs. If everything is connected properly, try jump starting it and see if that helps

 

Battery replaced in Jan 2016.

 

hmm...well, you never know, sometimes you just get a bad battery (has happened to me before) or maybe it was drained at some point, somehow. Either way, if you try jump starting it and it still won't crank, you can at least rule out the battery as the cause.

 

You may have connected the terminals wrong, or maybe the way you connected them drained your battery. Have someone jump start you and keep the truck running. Let us know what happens.

 

out of gas?

 

Oh and if it does start up when you jump it, probably means your battery got drained so let it run for 20 minutes or so to recharge it

 

Plenty of gas, maker of fact it's full.

 

started!! had to give it gas, which I've never had to do.

 

Did you jump start it? Or just gave it gas while trying to start it normally?

 

While trying to start it. Like I said it was trying to start. Guess it needing a little fuel.

 

Glad to hear you got it running, though having to give it gas to get it cranking isn't normal...may be time to change out the spark plugs if they haven't been done in awhile? That could be the case and it's a relatively cheap and easy DIY fix if you're handy with a wrench.

Toyota uses copper plugs which are supposed to be switched out every 30k they say...though a lot people usually run them longer than that

 

That's for the v6 the i4 gets plugs for 100k