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Topic: Ranger alternator problem, maybe
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68 S-code GT
Gearhead Posts: 2746
From: Sayreville, NJ, US
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 01-11-2005 09:04 PM
   
A guy at work has a 99 Ranger with a 3.0 in it and is having problems. He said that the gage indicating the charge went from normal to ballistic. Also said that lights in the dash started to flicker as well but I didn��t ask him if they were idiot lights or lights to illuminate the dash. He put a new battery in there and the truck was fine but then the same thing happened the next day. I haven��t looked at it yet but do you think it��s the alternator? That would be my first guess and I don��t know if there is a voltage regulator bolted somewhere like older cars or if it��s in the alternator. Being so new there could be a bunch of other thing that could be causing this so I thought I would ask.------------------
Ed S. 68 S-code FB GT 4spd(now C6)/3.25 PS PDB
68 J-code(now 289) Cp Sprint"B" C4/3L00-9" PDB PS AC
99 F150 XLT Ext/cab, 4X4, 5.4L, 3L55
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MLariviere
Moderator Posts: 4008
From: Biddeford,Me.USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 01-11-2005 09:47 PM
This sounds like a bad chassis or body ground to me.
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68 S-code GT
Gearhead Posts: 2746
From: Sayreville, NJ, US
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 01-13-2005 12:19 PM
Checked it out! Battery light was on and the gauge needle was down but steady. Pulled it and had them check the alt out at the parts store. It was bad but I don��t know if it was the alternator or the regulator that was inside it. Either way now, it��s fixed.------------------
Ed S. 68 S-code FB GT 4spd(now C6)/3.25 PS PDB
68 J-code(now 289) Cp Sprint"B" C4/3L00-9" PDB PS AC
99 F150 XLT Ext/cab, 4X4, 5.4L, 3L55
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