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May 18, 2007 | 02:49 PM

jmunkie13

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Battery Light On

Yesterday When I Left The House My Battery Light Did Not Go Off On The Dash, The Truck Seems To Be Running Fine, And Starts Right Up??? Any Ideas??

May 18, 2007 | 03:07 PM

Izzy351

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Alternator?? I'll bet if you drive it much longer your batteries will be dead. If you have a hand-held volt meter, you should see about 14V with the truck running and a little over 12 when you shut it down...

May 18, 2007 | 03:37 PM

zx250

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Time for a new Alternator. Get it checked before you ruin your batteries.

May 18, 2007 | 04:13 PM

empiretc

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When you say "did not go off", do you mean it didn't turn on when you went to start the truck?

If thats the case, the bulb in the dash may have burned out.

If its constantly on, its time for a new alternator.

May 18, 2007 | 04:31 PM

littledre1

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After I got my new alternator put on I also did a trickle charge on both batteries.

May 18, 2007 | 05:32 PM

empiretc

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i don't like trickle chargers. they shorten a batteries life.

May 20, 2007 | 03:11 PM

jmunkie13

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What Is A Trickle Charge......by The Way New Alternator Will Be In Tomarrow

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May 20, 2007 | 07:48 PM

magnum300

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a trickle charge is a 2 or 3 amp charge. I just put a new alternator on mine and it was the easiest I have ever done, if you have never had the belt off the tensioner is a 1/2 in square between the 2 little pulleys on the left as you are looking at it. please fill out your sig.