Haunted electrical
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Haunted electrical
Just put a new alternator and external regulator in my 89 f350, batteries putting out 12 volts but gauge on dash is just past the red warning on the low voltage side and the battery light on the dash is on, any ideas? I re-replaced the regulator already and still nothing the needle hasn't moved
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Yea it cranks good but the lights are dim and the battery light is on, never moves into that happy zone
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I'm not sure about the F350, but the F150 and the F250 of this vintage had a bad connector that hooked to the alternator. Atleast the original connector, the part that plugs in to a replacement alternator had to be replaced. They sold a pigtail that they recommended be soldered on to the existing wire connections of the leads that connected to a replacement alternator.
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I'm not sure about the F350, but the F150 and the F250 of this vintage had a bad connector that hooked to the alternator. Atleast the original connector, the part that plugs in to a replacement alternator had to be replaced. They sold a pigtail that they recommended be soldered on to the existing wire connections of the leads that connected to a replacement alternator.
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