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1988 F-250 alternator problem
Well to start this off, I'm not a ford mechanic.
I just got this truck. It was cheap and I needed a truck
To move stuff around my property.
The truck runs like a new one it's a fuel injected 7.5 460
5 speed, someone has rigged a push button to the solenoid
and the truck won't crank off the key switch, but it will off
of the push button.
I'm not sure if that could have anything to do with my problem.
I bought a new battery and it cranked fine...... Once.
Then when I killed it, it wouldn't crank back up.
So I charged the batt and it cranked fine. But it's not charging
the amp gauge is showing low batt, no where near 12/14 volts
But I have been told that if the back of the alternator is magnetized
then it's charging. Which it is magnetized. And all of the connections
are clean. But it still will run a batt dead and then not crank.
I'm lost. They're are 2 wire plugs on the alt with 3 wires each
and most of them are hot when the key is on.
I searched google looking for a diagram and didn't find anything.
Another thing I tried. Which idk if it applies to fords or not but
I unhooked the hot cable from the battery and the engine died
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Any thing I could
check or try or any suggestions??
Justin
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