Need Charging help fast please
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Need Charging help fast please
I need help, my 79 f250 351m quit chargin the other night, i put an alternator on it, wasnt the problem, voltage regulator wasnt the problem, a differnt alternator and new battery, still not chargin, what is my problem, please help me i need the truck.
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Is the ignition/gauge wire on the voltage regulator (center wire I think) showing any power when the truck is running?
I had this same problem in my old Ranchero, and it turned out that the dash light had burned out, interrupting the circuit that tells the regulator to charge.
I had this same problem in my old Ranchero, and it turned out that the dash light had burned out, interrupting the circuit that tells the regulator to charge.
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Yes, we tried runnin a whole differnt new wire in the place of that wire, still no luck, what is my deal??i duno what else there is that i could mess with.
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I would try that but ill tell ya the deal, the alternator had a bearin going out of it but charged fine, i took it off and put a new one on and it wouldnt charge, so i put the old one back on till i could get another one, still didnt charge again, then we went from there and done everything else
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Originally Posted by 96-5spd302
the alternator had a bearin going out of it but charged fine, i took it off and put a new one on and it wouldnt charge, so i put the old one back on till i could get another one, still didnt charge again
My first thought would be "What did I change/damage in the process of removing/installing the parts?" Has a wire been broken internally? Something blown? A post severed from its internal connection? A ground lost? I'd be checking wire integrity with an ohmmeter.
