96explorerxlt2wd
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- Lewisburg, PA
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1996 Ford Explorer
I have a 1998 Ford Explorer 4.0 sohc. Recently I had a post that got messed up because of inappropriate posts needing to be deleted so I just dropped it and tried to figure it out myself.
Anyway, this vehicle has gone through three alternators since I think around July or August 2013. It had a sound system hooked up, but that is now in my '96. So the first alternator had about 91xxx on it when it died and I figured it was possibly an age problem. The second one was a spare that came with the it when I purchased the vehicle and had about 146xxx. That one lasted about 2 weeks and I figured it was for the same reason. I got a reman from Advance Auto and it started going out in March. Since it was under warranty, I got another one and installed it. Now with a good and fully charged battery, I had it running for 45 minutes to make sure everything was charging. The battery read around 11.7 volts with the new alternator. Is it time to tear everything apart to find a bad ground or open wire or is this a common problem that I'm not coming across? This vehicle used to be a fire police vehicle and as far as I know, the guy cut the lights off and removed the switch that was mounted under the radio. When I had that panel off I did not see anything that was remaining from that system. Could there be something further in pulling power? I also have a horn that blows the fuse after a few seconds, the fog lights do the same, and the auto dim mirror no longer works. I don't know if any of that could be related.
I don't mean to sound like a jerk or anything, but any off topic and critical, or inflammatory comments will be reported because I am for the SECOND time posting to try to get something fixed, not get lectured.
Anyway, this vehicle has gone through three alternators since I think around July or August 2013. It had a sound system hooked up, but that is now in my '96. So the first alternator had about 91xxx on it when it died and I figured it was possibly an age problem. The second one was a spare that came with the it when I purchased the vehicle and had about 146xxx. That one lasted about 2 weeks and I figured it was for the same reason. I got a reman from Advance Auto and it started going out in March. Since it was under warranty, I got another one and installed it. Now with a good and fully charged battery, I had it running for 45 minutes to make sure everything was charging. The battery read around 11.7 volts with the new alternator. Is it time to tear everything apart to find a bad ground or open wire or is this a common problem that I'm not coming across? This vehicle used to be a fire police vehicle and as far as I know, the guy cut the lights off and removed the switch that was mounted under the radio. When I had that panel off I did not see anything that was remaining from that system. Could there be something further in pulling power? I also have a horn that blows the fuse after a few seconds, the fog lights do the same, and the auto dim mirror no longer works. I don't know if any of that could be related.
I don't mean to sound like a jerk or anything, but any off topic and critical, or inflammatory comments will be reported because I am for the SECOND time posting to try to get something fixed, not get lectured.