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Feb 22, 2006 | 07:11 PM

Pigeon

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battery guage not working

my battery guage quit working on me. how do I fix it?

Feb 22, 2006 | 08:44 PM

bigredtruckmi

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You are sure the gauge isn't working - correct. Alternator is operating correctly. Then you might have a break in the printed circuit board.

Feb 22, 2006 | 08:45 PM

cookie88

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That would depend on why it quit working. Any blown fuses?

Feb 22, 2006 | 09:48 PM

Dave Sponaugle

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Is yours an amp gauge or a volt meter?

Feb 23, 2006 | 06:36 AM

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sorry for the little amount of info in my first post. I put new battries in about 2 months ago. the guage works about half of the time, the other half it reads like the ignition is off. It is the factory voltage guage. thanks .

Feb 26, 2006 | 12:04 PM

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Well it's not a fuse then. I think the gauge gets it's signal off the voltage regulator. Probably need to start there and chase wires until you find the broken/shorted one....unless it's in the circuit board as bigred suggested. It just sounds to me like it's a wire that experiences some movement.

Feb 26, 2006 | 01:29 PM

bigredtruckmi

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Accoring to the blueprint the wire is a lt.grn-red which runs direct from the alternator to the gauge cluster. Check for corrosion on the alternator connection first or loose connection. Also check the wiring going thru the firewall.

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Feb 26, 2006 | 01:47 PM

Dave Sponaugle

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lt. green stripe red wire is the ignition circuit from the key switch to the engine.
It goes to a lot of stuff like the IP, timing advance solenoid, high idle solenoid, glow plug relay and a host of other things.

Since the truck is running and apparently the rest of the accessories are working correctly I would first look under the dash for loose wires or connectors. Also the ground connections may need attention.