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Old Mar 3, 2016 | 02:10 PM
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Yeah the Mmdule is the right one...took the old one in to double check I was getting the right one. Are there ballast resistors on these old trucks? Or resistor wires that could open up the circuit when they get too warm??
 
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Old Mar 23, 2016 | 08:39 AM
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Hey there fellas!! So I've got to report on what I found!! it ended up being a mixture of the bad unit down in the distributor and a fried alternator. Took me a while to find it, but I did!! truck is running good!!! Thanks for the help!!
 
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Old Mar 23, 2016 | 08:43 AM
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