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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 02:37 PM
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Battery Gauge
Have a original 40 ford p/u after truck starts battery gauge pegs out into the green . Will this hurt anything??? Or what can be done to get gauge to read normal again?
Also a while back some one asked about polarizing,
Can someone explain again?
 
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Old Oct 27, 2008 | 04:41 PM
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somewhere around post #6 or so
 
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doesn't sound like polarization problem, sounds like points in regulator are stuck. is battery in good shape?? a weak battery will cause generator to peg gauge, but only above 1200 or so rpms.
 
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