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I have seen on other vehicles but never a ranger a battery cable being just plain bad. It would take 2 people to look at this unless you had some long leads and alligator clips.
The negative is easier to check than positive since it is right up front.
I have an "unusual" method I use, I set my volt meter on volts (don't use ohms or resistance for this you could destroy your meter). I put one lead right in the center of the battery post (not the connector but the battery post itself) and the other exactly where the wire attaches to the bolt wherever the end of the cable is.
Have someone attempt to crank it over.
If there is resistance in either terminal you will actually see voltage! To do the same with positive you have to use alligator clip on the other (starter) end of the positive wire to one lead on the volt meter and the other to the middle of the positive terminal.
Both wires should read zero volts or a couple MV max.
I have seen corroded crimps on the bolt end of cables and have seen bad connections inside the terminal clamp too.
Any way it goes something is stopping the battery from powering the rest of the system there are like 10 things that could do this man I wish I were there.
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