Battery ? Alternator?.....
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Battery ? Alternator?.....
I noticed a few days ago that when starting, the truck seemed a little wierd. Well today I noticed that when I start it, it just doesn't seem to have the quickness that it usually does, and then I saw that my gauges go to full pegged, hold for a second, all the way back down to nothing for a second then come up to where they are supposed to be. Now if I recall correctly, this means the battery is dying. Is this right? Otherwise the truck runs fine and the alt gauge shows good.
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It's most likely your battery, or If battery is somewhat new, clean the battery terminals (+/-) and so as connectors from the cable. Local auto parts store (Kragen, autozone) will actually check your battery, alternator, starter for free. For what I remember, when I replaced my battery, kragen checked my alternator first before they actually sold me their battery. They wanna make sure I don't come back there complaining for a dead new battery due to bad alternator.
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How old is the battery? If it has any age to it I would go ahead and replace it just for the security of it. The guages being pegged is a dead, pardon the pun, givaway of the battery on it way out though.
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Originally Posted by bigdaddyII
How old is the battery? If it has any age to it I would go ahead and replace it just for the security of it. The guages being pegged is a dead, pardon the pun, givaway of the battery on it way out though.
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Originally Posted by bigdaddyII
I would go ahead and replace it than, better to be safe with the climate yall get. How is your search for another Bronco?
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