dieselbeef
dick doggin
- Joined
- Jul 23, 2007
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drove the truck going camping..got there..truck sat 2 days...got in to go home got about 30 mi and the dash dings and says check gages....so..the alt gage is flat..laying on zero trucks running ok so I keep on trucking..get home thankfully....gage still on zero. park it ..unload ..the next day I get in to move it..batts are so dead the window wont roll down..put it on the charger overnight..starts right up...gage comes up like normal..light on dash is off....check output at the batts..both side showing just over 14v...hmm..alt is good..batts show just over 12v without truck running...so now it seems to be charging a little low on the alt gage but not on the meter on the batts....drives ok....rectifier or transistor diode bad in the alt? been sitting 2 days..gonna see if it dead again tonite..need it to haul cows this weekend...this is getting old..seems like everytime I run this old dog it gives me problems..250k on it...