chetzar
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- 1993 Green Explorer XLT
So, I recently i've been having a nice little electrical escapade with my 93 Ex.
It was not charging as it should, only putting out 11.5-11.9 volts. So tested alternator, looked bad, took to shop, they confirmed. Durablast Gold Alternator had lifetime warrenty, no biggie, go get new one, swap it out back on the road in no time, or so I thought.
Turns out, when I took it back, Autozone bench tested it, and it passed. I told em shop said they bench tested it, and it failed, so they said no biggie, we'll swap it anyways. So with new alternator in had, i galavant home, install it. Nothing. Still only puts out 11ish volts. Ok, so thats when I started thinking dash. This may seem unlogical to some, but After Talking with a few members on the board via PM (Dannyboy and 410Fourtne, I appreciate the adivse and help greatly) And with having recently replaced my dash with a junk yard dash (spedometer on my old one had needle float at 65ish, everything else worked). So I took out my "new junkyard dash" and put the original back in. Nothing. So, I went Ground. Maybe it had a bad ground cable, its possible the connection to the actual ground go rusted and is perhaps no good. Ok, so I cut the ground cable open, sure enough, the first 6inches of the cabled are corroded, the rest looked ok. So I pulled it out (or atleast as much of it as I could, I cut it at the clip to the chassis, then disconnected it from where it grounds, and ran the new ground to that same location, and used the same bolt, which was not rusted on, the bot had some rust on it, but the connection looked good.) Nothing. This is where I am currently and am rather ticked. The only thing I havent changed out is the cable from the back of the alt to the starter solenoid and from the Starter Solenoid to the battery. I'm thinking, if its partially corroded, its creating enough resistance to lower the voltage. BUT this is what gets me, out of the back of the alt, (where the wire bolts onto it) The voltage is the same as at the battery. Brand new alt, which, when I got the new ground, yesterday, I had bench tested at O'Reilly, and it passed.
Alternator = 3 Days old as of today
Ground = not even 24 hours old.
Dash = Installed this weekend
Now, I did have some work done at the shop this past week. I had the valve cover gaskets, tranny flush, and RAB's done. The day after I got it back, I installed the dash. Then after the dash was installed I noticed the problem, I havent had any issues starting it, or keeping it running, its just not running at the right voltage. I have also disconnected from the battery the power cable to my amp, and as it sits, my dash is appart and there is no stereo installed. My dad is gonna be home today and is gonna look at it (he's the mechanic, not me, so i hope he finds the problem before I get home from work).
Oh and I forgot one semi Important thing, i charged the battery with a charger, and it charged right up to 13 volts before I took it off.
So, Anyone have other ideas? I'm running out, but like I said, i'm hoping my dad has it figured out by time I get home.
Also, since I bummed my friends dig came, I guess at the least, a decent Alternator How To will come of all of this, and some pics of how/where I ran my new neg bat cable.
It was not charging as it should, only putting out 11.5-11.9 volts. So tested alternator, looked bad, took to shop, they confirmed. Durablast Gold Alternator had lifetime warrenty, no biggie, go get new one, swap it out back on the road in no time, or so I thought.
Turns out, when I took it back, Autozone bench tested it, and it passed. I told em shop said they bench tested it, and it failed, so they said no biggie, we'll swap it anyways. So with new alternator in had, i galavant home, install it. Nothing. Still only puts out 11ish volts. Ok, so thats when I started thinking dash. This may seem unlogical to some, but After Talking with a few members on the board via PM (Dannyboy and 410Fourtne, I appreciate the adivse and help greatly) And with having recently replaced my dash with a junk yard dash (spedometer on my old one had needle float at 65ish, everything else worked). So I took out my "new junkyard dash" and put the original back in. Nothing. So, I went Ground. Maybe it had a bad ground cable, its possible the connection to the actual ground go rusted and is perhaps no good. Ok, so I cut the ground cable open, sure enough, the first 6inches of the cabled are corroded, the rest looked ok. So I pulled it out (or atleast as much of it as I could, I cut it at the clip to the chassis, then disconnected it from where it grounds, and ran the new ground to that same location, and used the same bolt, which was not rusted on, the bot had some rust on it, but the connection looked good.) Nothing. This is where I am currently and am rather ticked. The only thing I havent changed out is the cable from the back of the alt to the starter solenoid and from the Starter Solenoid to the battery. I'm thinking, if its partially corroded, its creating enough resistance to lower the voltage. BUT this is what gets me, out of the back of the alt, (where the wire bolts onto it) The voltage is the same as at the battery. Brand new alt, which, when I got the new ground, yesterday, I had bench tested at O'Reilly, and it passed.
Alternator = 3 Days old as of today
Ground = not even 24 hours old.
Dash = Installed this weekend
Now, I did have some work done at the shop this past week. I had the valve cover gaskets, tranny flush, and RAB's done. The day after I got it back, I installed the dash. Then after the dash was installed I noticed the problem, I havent had any issues starting it, or keeping it running, its just not running at the right voltage. I have also disconnected from the battery the power cable to my amp, and as it sits, my dash is appart and there is no stereo installed. My dad is gonna be home today and is gonna look at it (he's the mechanic, not me, so i hope he finds the problem before I get home from work).
Oh and I forgot one semi Important thing, i charged the battery with a charger, and it charged right up to 13 volts before I took it off.
So, Anyone have other ideas? I'm running out, but like I said, i'm hoping my dad has it figured out by time I get home.
Also, since I bummed my friends dig came, I guess at the least, a decent Alternator How To will come of all of this, and some pics of how/where I ran my new neg bat cable.
