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Problem w/charging system- 91 ford e250 300 six, I think it has an ammeter, not light, guage that reads charge or discharge- problem started when battery went dead while driving, replaced alternator and regulator, battery tested OK, started up and no charge, full fielded alternator and charged @ max, I think this is a problem with excite wire that goes to S terminal from regulator, anyway is it possible to abandon this wire and run a new one from a switched circuit "on when key is on" and do I need a resister ? any help will be appreciated, Thanks
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From: Oak Harbor, OH
Are you sure it's not charging? Have you hooked a VOLT meter to the battery and verified that you're not getting 14.4 volts? The ammeters tend to fail and not show a charge. If you're going by that alone you need to check into it further before assuming it's not charging. I've owned several from '83 to '89 and I think TWO of them had working ammeters. That was it.
