82greenbeast

Alright A while back while driving home the back nut on the bottom bolt of my alternator rattled itself off, when this happend the + conneection on the alternator broke off.

So i figured I'd just re-connect the connection right? Wrong. When i re-connected it i thought that would be it, but it still woudlnt hold charge. So i thought the alternator might be the problem, so i replaced it - Still wouldnt hold a charge with the new one.

This is where i started to get rattled, so maybe the wire broke itself somewhere? It still had continuity though but the wire itself is only 12-guage. I talked to a friend of mine and he said that maybe i wasn't getting enough juice through the skinny wire. Made sense, so i ran a double stranded 4-guage wire straight from my alternator to my battery.

This worked amazing for about 4 days, but not its not holding charge again! Now before this all happened it worked perfect, held my battery at 16 volts while running tons of accesories.

The new alternator i put on was only 40 amps, maybe the old one was more? Sorry to type so much but im stuck on this one.
Any help would be appreciated I'm stuck on this one
Thanks,

-Newton

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RIP:
1985 4runner, 2" lift in shackles, had big plans for it before i snapped it in two =(

sold:
1982 yota 4x4 P/U, SWB, short bed, 4.37's, 6" skyjacker lift, 33"x12.5"R15 bf all-terrains on AM rims, K&N Intake and filters, 8.8mm wires and cap& rotor, magnaflow duals - headers back

Current:
1990 toyota 4x4 p-up, ext. cab , 3.0 v6 5-speed,
powder-coated frame, powder-coated rims, tint all around, rancho 9000's, good old cherry bomb, and soem 31" kumho meatballs

82greenbeast

anyone?

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RIP:
1985 4runner, 2" lift in shackles, had big plans for it before i snapped it in two =(

sold:
1982 yota 4x4 P/U, SWB, short bed, 4.37's, 6" skyjacker lift, 33"x12.5"R15 bf all-terrains on AM rims, K&N Intake and filters, 8.8mm wires and cap& rotor, magnaflow duals - headers back

Current:
1990 toyota 4x4 p-up, ext. cab , 3.0 v6 5-speed,
powder-coated frame, powder-coated rims, tint all around, rancho 9000's, good old cherry bomb, and soem 31" kumho meatballs

rdlsz24

Nice 1st gen. Are you sure your battery is ok?

Rob

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1988 Xtra Cab Pickup ('94 22RE; 4x4; 5spd)
Rancho lift w/ 33x12.5x15 tires & 5.29s

82greenbeast

It wasn't, but i replaced with a new one, and still had the same problem

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RIP:
1985 4runner, 2" lift in shackles, had big plans for it before i snapped it in two =(

sold:
1982 yota 4x4 P/U, SWB, short bed, 4.37's, 6" skyjacker lift, 33"x12.5"R15 bf all-terrains on AM rims, K&N Intake and filters, 8.8mm wires and cap& rotor, magnaflow duals - headers back

Current:
1990 toyota 4x4 p-up, ext. cab , 3.0 v6 5-speed,
powder-coated frame, powder-coated rims, tint all around, rancho 9000's, good old cherry bomb, and soem 31" kumho meatballs

deserttoy84

something wrong with the regulator if it was charging at 16 volts.

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1984 toyota sr5 4x4
22r w/ weber 32/36
Pro comp 4" front springs and 3" rear downey springs
D-tech Shocks
33x12.5 M/T , 15 inch weld rims
Hella 550/ Hella h4 conversions with HID
Home made On-board air system