taking battery cable off
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taking battery cable off
I had the truck running other day and the altinator has what sounds like a "dry bushing" so I took the negative batt. cable off bettery and truck died. does this mean alt is bad?
its a 1990 3.0, 5-speed truck
its a 1990 3.0, 5-speed truck
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Ya, do some research please
They're bearings, not bushings and disconnecting the negative cable, or the other can easily blow up your ignitor module, a very expensive error.
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For what ever reason back in the day early Sixties when ignition systems and charging systems were quite simple .
This might even have been a holdover from the days vehicles had generators
People unable to figure out how to use a simple meter thought pulling a negative battery cable off was a good way to test alternator output.
Things were simple enough things didn`t get fried although quite a few batteries did explode.
It means time to get a multimeter !!
This might even have been a holdover from the days vehicles had generators
People unable to figure out how to use a simple meter thought pulling a negative battery cable off was a good way to test alternator output.
Things were simple enough things didn`t get fried although quite a few batteries did explode.
It means time to get a multimeter !!
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