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Old Sep 20, 2011 | 08:18 AM
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Dash light question

1995 f250. I noticed that the red battery light in the dashboard came on today as I was driving home this morning. It was on for a few miles but as I was pulling up to my yard, it went out. The battery gauge did not indicate any problems and I was using the wipers with the lights on. Anybody have any thoughts?
 
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Old Sep 20, 2011 | 10:13 AM
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Alternator could be having issues. Check it's output...also give the wires a wiggle during the test, to see if there may be a short.
 
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Old Sep 20, 2011 | 03:05 PM
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Fixed it. There is a yellow wire that comes out of the alternator, into a clip, then back into the alternator in a different spot. The connection in the clip had some pretty bad corrosion. Cleaned it up and everything seems fine.
 
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