Charging problem

rangerdave571 · May 13, 2010

I have a 96 b2300 4 2.3 and the charging system stopped on me one day. I put a new alt in and it never charged so i thought it was a bad reman and got a new one that was tested at oreileys and it tested good. When I put it in the truck it never charged. I have a ground wire, voltage regulator, and a third clip that is just one wire. That third clip I have no idea what it is, but it is loose and wont click in place. 99% sure thats it so I'm going to just cut another one from a junked truck. Could it be anything else?

Any help is greatly appreciated

BRUTUS_T_HOG · May 13, 2010

it could be a blown generator fuse, or a blown mega fuse

rangerdave571 · May 14, 2010

When it shut down on me it was like someone was flipping switches to shut the truck down. First the lights dimmed and one by one the gauges went and then the lights dimmed, but the truck kept running for a couple of miles and then the rpms dropped and the truck wouldn't go into any gears and just coasted to a stop. Would that be a fuse problem?

modelageek · May 14, 2010

rangerdave571 said:
I have a 96 b2300 4 2.3 and the charging system stopped on me one day. I put a new alt in and it never charged so i thought it was a bad reman and got a new one that was tested at oreileys and it tested good. When I put it in the truck it never charged. I have a ground wire, voltage regulator, and a third clip that is just one wire. That third clip I have no idea what it is, but it is loose and wont click in place. 99% sure thats it so I'm going to just cut another one from a junked truck. Could it be anything else?

Any help is greatly appreciated

I think we need more details. if you charged the battery would the truck run? Would the lights go on? would it crank over. how about a relayor for the pcm? Why did you think the alt was bad? did you check for codes?

modelageek · May 14, 2010

rangerdave571 said:
When it shut down on me it was like someone was flipping switches to shut the truck down. First the lights dimmed and one by one the gauges went and then the lights dimmed, but the truck kept running for a couple of miles and then the rpms dropped and the truck wouldn't go into any gears and just coasted to a stop. Would that be a fuse problem?

Why wouldn't it go into gear? even if the engine dies you should be able to shift gears? is it a standeard?

rangerdave571 · May 15, 2010

If the battery is charged everything works perfectly fine except the battery drains and eventually dies on me. I used a jump box and with the jump box on the truck is fine but once the box is turned off the lights dim so I assumed it was the alternator. The old alternator had the back blown out of it somehow and a few bearings were missing. Yes its a standard but everytime I would shift it would rev up but not go any faster it would just slow down more. I put it in second to get an extra boost going about 30 and it just slowed down more.

modelageek · May 15, 2010

rangerdave571 said:
If the battery is charged everything works perfectly fine except the battery drains and eventually dies on me. I used a jump box and with the jump box on the truck is fine but once the box is turned off the lights dim so I assumed it was the alternator. The old alternator had the back blown out of it somehow and a few bearings were missing. Yes its a standard but everytime I would shift it would rev up but not go any faster it would just slow down more. I put it in second to get an extra boost going about 30 and it just slowed down more.

if the truck sit sover night with a full battery is it dead the next day? CODES?

rangerdave571 · May 16, 2010

It doesnt drain over night and its throwing no codes.

rangerdave571 · May 19, 2010

definitely just the alternator fuse. I'm a moron I apologize

modelageek · May 19, 2010

rangerdave571 said:
definitely just the alternator fuse. I'm a moron I apologize

I am glad you got it fixed but for future users of this thread can you tell us exactly where the fuse you repalced was located. thanks

rangerdave571 · May 23, 2010

It was in the engine compartment fuse box. It is a 15 amp fuse. In the owners manual its called the Generator fuse.

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