ford inline 6 charging issue
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The long skinny voltage regulator plug?
Does your truck have a charge warning light in addition to the ammeter?
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Well, sounds like you had better keep the little fuses in there till you figure it out. I think you should unwrap the whole area over there and repair the wiring that looks damaged. There are several other fusible links over there, one that feeds the fuse box/ignition switch inside, one that feeds the headlight portion of the headlight switch, etc.
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I should have clarified more there is one single black with an orange strip wire going into the fusible link from the alternator. On the other sideof the fuse there is three individual wires one is another black with an orange stripe wire that goes to the solinoid. The other is a yellow and it goes to the voltage regulator and then a small orange one that goes into the plug. The fuse doesn't look broke or burnt but the wire nut I had connecting the fusible link and all three wires I descibed above is what melted today yesterday it was in the cab but I could actually see where the 25 amp fuse blew. I run the truck for a while last night and it didn't burn up but I left the cab on last night So I had to jump it off and that's when it burnt up could I have overloaded the fuse by doing this? and if So could it cause wires to burn up?
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I should have clarified more there is one single black with an orange strip wire going into the fusible link from the alternator. On the other sideof the fuse there is three individual wires one is another black with an orange stripe wire that goes to the solinoid. The other is a yellow and it goes to the voltage regulator and then a small orange one that goes into the plug. The fuse doesn't look broke or burnt but the wire nut I had connecting the fusible link and all three wires I descibed above is what melted today yesterday it was in the cab but I could actually see where the 25 amp fuse blew. I run the truck for a while last night and it didn't burn up but I left the cab on last night So I had to jump it off and that's when it burnt up could I have overloaded the fuse by doing this? and if So could it cause wires to burn up?
Sounds like you already have it unwrapped. If I were you I would replace the wire from the alternator up to a new 60-100 amp mega fuse, and then a new wire over to the solenoid. Run a #8 or #6 wire, the factory wire was barely big enough anyway.
You will lose your factory ammeter if you replace the wire, but those things never give any useful info that I ever have seen.
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That's what I meant by when the "going gets tough". You have a 60 amp alternator(maybe larger) and when you got it started, the alternator was presented with a dead battery. So it went into a high state of charge, trying to get the battery back up. That was a lot of current going through that little fuse.
Sounds like you already have it unwrapped. If I were you I would replace the wire from the alternator up to a new 60-100 amp mega fuse, and then a new wire over to the solenoid. Run a #8 or #6 wire, the factory wire was barely big enough anyway.
You will lose your factory ammeter if you replace the wire, but those things never give any useful info that I ever have seen.
Sounds like you already have it unwrapped. If I were you I would replace the wire from the alternator up to a new 60-100 amp mega fuse, and then a new wire over to the solenoid. Run a #8 or #6 wire, the factory wire was barely big enough anyway.
You will lose your factory ammeter if you replace the wire, but those things never give any useful info that I ever have seen.
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