jsun
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- Joined
- March 18, 2003
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- City, State
- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 99 Explorer Sport SOHC 4x
Need some thoughts, to what should be a easy fix.
Wife has been using to truck for the past month, so I'm getting as much info out of her a possible?
My truck stalled on her last week after waiting outside my workplace for an 1hour, of course, batt was dead. Stereo was on, truck was off. Even though it should still last for more than an hour. Boost, everything is norm. Gauge cluster reads ~1/2.
Today, it won't start for her in a shopping parking lot? Gets a boost, off she goes. After her work it's dead again (not long enough to recharge before shutting down?). Get's a boost drives home. Gauge reads 1/2.
No warning lights on cluster of any kind according to her (thinking possibly alt if so). But, the motorcraft batt has a "green" ball in inspection window. Does that not tell you that the batt is good?
Moral is, I'm going to buy the batt, but could there be any possabilities that my alt could fail within this senerio and/or symtoms? Fuse's check good. No warning signs in cluster? Thinking about getting alt checked, but don't want to if I don't have to.
Regards,
J
(money now spent, for what should have been carrier assy)
Wife has been using to truck for the past month, so I'm getting as much info out of her a possible?
My truck stalled on her last week after waiting outside my workplace for an 1hour, of course, batt was dead. Stereo was on, truck was off. Even though it should still last for more than an hour. Boost, everything is norm. Gauge cluster reads ~1/2.
Today, it won't start for her in a shopping parking lot? Gets a boost, off she goes. After her work it's dead again (not long enough to recharge before shutting down?). Get's a boost drives home. Gauge reads 1/2.
No warning lights on cluster of any kind according to her (thinking possibly alt if so). But, the motorcraft batt has a "green" ball in inspection window. Does that not tell you that the batt is good?
Moral is, I'm going to buy the batt, but could there be any possabilities that my alt could fail within this senerio and/or symtoms? Fuse's check good. No warning signs in cluster? Thinking about getting alt checked, but don't want to if I don't have to.
Regards,
J
(money now spent, for what should have been carrier assy)
I don't feel like wrenching at the moment...I have a big weekend ahead with the diff.
