Search results

  1. RSchanz

    Is it my alternator?

    I watched this guys video above a couple times and read some things here and there and I'm sort of confused about what happens to the other wires running from the voltage regulator particularly the wire that runs to the tach sensor. Will it still work if I just cap this wire off? What am I...
  2. RSchanz

    Is it my alternator?

    The alternator is off the truck. It was so rusty on the inside and when I took it apart this metal holding these springs in was broken also. Maybe that was part of the problem. Just going to swap for 3G following this video:
  3. RSchanz

    Is it my alternator?

    I just want to drop this here too because I was having electrical issues almost a year ago related to the regulator and alternator and @Nero you and I went back a forth a little about this isolator that someone installed. I'm pretty sure this is not a normal thing right? I want to do the 3G swap...
  4. RSchanz

    Is it my alternator?

    Wouldnt this not matter since I already jumped "F" (green/red) straight to battery positive and ground and got no charge? Guess now that I'm thinking about it I didn't accelerate the truck while touching the test wire but it should the volts should still jump up either way once the alternator...
  5. RSchanz

    Is it my alternator?

    Was just re-reading and re-watching swap videos. Seems very easy, only downside is that I'm just going to buy one on amazon or something and not go pick around a junk yard.
  6. RSchanz

    Is it my alternator?

    I removed F and used a test wire going straight to positive and got nothing then went to ground and still got nothing. Pretty certain it's the alternator at this point then, right? In the case that I don't have someone rebuild it are there any good aftermarket alternator recommendations?
  7. RSchanz

    Is it my alternator?

    My neighborhood mechanic told me today that if the battery light on the dash doesn't turn on when I turn the key on it won't charge. He said he's seen people replace the batteries, regulator and alternator and it was just a 50cent bulb. Apparently it needs this in order to excite the regulator...
  8. RSchanz

    Is it my alternator?

    I'm getting into this today. I'm about 95% sure the alternator is bad but I'm also confused by some wiring so maybe I can get some clarification. The "two wire plastic connector" only has one wire going into it. The wire going here would be "F" on the wire diagram BeastMaster sent although the...
  9. RSchanz

    Is it my alternator?

    Thanks for the above. Headed out of town this weekend and jumping into this next week. Will report back!
  10. RSchanz

    Is it my alternator?

    I wish it worked, haha. I went back and read the thread and it seemed like even after I replaced the voltage regulator the charging still wasn't very strong so I'm thinking that you're right in the fact that the alternator has shorted turns and is damaging the voltage regulator. I'm going to go...
  11. RSchanz

    Is it my alternator?

    Yeah when truck is on it doesn't increase above 12.2v and when accelerating it doesn't jump either.
  12. RSchanz

    Is it my alternator?

    Lately it seems like if I have a problem it's got to be electrical related. Truck wouldn't start the other day. I haven't been using it that much lately so I figured there must be some kind of short draining the batteries. Charged the batteries back up but it seemed like they wouldnt get much...
  13. RSchanz

    400 Miles and some off-road

    Looks nice there! Love the two tone color on that thing too.
  14. RSchanz

    400 Miles and some off-road

    Yeah around Jenner then north to Usal
  15. RSchanz

    400 Miles and some off-road

    haha no! and to be honest I thought about that a couple times. I've actually never paid attention to where the intake is in the last 3+ years or cleaned the engine air filter....
  16. RSchanz

    400 Miles and some off-road

    more photos
  17. RSchanz

    400 Miles and some off-road

    Just wanted to share some pics here of a trip I took this past (long) weekend. Without the help of you folks I wouldn't be able to do these things so thank you. The trip inspired me to: *Replace the shocks (maybe gain a couple inches of clearance) *Replace tie-rods and work on steering box
  18. RSchanz

    Pesky water separator

    So that there is some conclusion for anyone who finds this, I put it back together without the sock. The air leak went away and the truck runs fine. The light stayed on for the rest of that tank plus another one but it's now off. Eventually I might swap this out for a Racor filter but seems...
  19. RSchanz

    Pesky water separator

    The light came back on and I tried pulling the plunger and nothing came out. The air intrusion became so bad the truck wouldn't idle anymore. So I took this stupid little thing off and took it apart and cleaned it. I feel like the plunger wasn't working right or the hose was just plugged...
  20. RSchanz

    Pesky water separator

    Interesting, I'm always using a an additive and lately I've been using Hotshots secret everyday additive. It's not my first choice but easy to find near me.
  21. RSchanz

    Pesky water separator

    I figure cleaning it wouldn't hurt anyways but neither would replacing it I guess...
  22. RSchanz

    Pesky water separator

    So the seemingly classic thing happened where the "water in fuel" light came on for the first time and I pulled the drain plunger which then has led to hard starts. I put a nut and bolt in the line to hopefully keep air from getting in and it didn't help. Drove the truck a few times and the...
  23. RSchanz

    Batteries 100% drained dead - new problem

    I'm going to consider this solved. Put the new flasher fuses in and they work so IDK what happened but the voltage regulator was definitely an issue. Thank you everyone especially @BeastMaster for the help.
  24. RSchanz

    Batteries 100% drained dead - new problem

    What kind of starter issues are we talking? Honestly sounds a little scratchy sometimes when I fire it up. After it sat for awhile during this when I started it the starter was grinding a bit but I figured that was because the batteries were like 12.55 then after glow plugs maybe kinda low so it...
  25. RSchanz

    Batteries 100% drained dead - new problem

    No, you’re right but the weird thing is that neither hazards or turn signal work. Yeah, maybe a whole bundle of wires has issues.

Latest posts

Forum statistics

Threads
91,317
Posts
1,130,208
Members
24,125
Latest member
REM70

Staff online

Members online

Total: 832 (members: 8, guests: 824)

Share this page

Top