battery

Truck wouldn’t start, starter and alternator recently replaced. Battery about a year and a half old. Went to jump it, no luck. Then connected negative terminal to the body ground and it started. Is there something wrong with the ground wire connection pictured here? There is one wire coming off...

‘93 ranger 2.3. voltmeter used to stay right in the middle of “nomal” on the gauge. Now it’s at the “L” the radio is also shutting off momentarily at seemingly random, however I don’t know if that’s connected to this. just looking for things to test and how to do them.

I have what I'm told is a second, supplemental battery tray that came in the early diesels. Back in the day, folks would use them to add a 2nd, driver side battery (first battery was passenger then) to their gas trucks for redundancy. This is just the tray and mounting bolts. You'll have to do...

Friends, I'm having trouble with the 4x4 working reliably. I've read some of the troubleshooting about this but I haven't seen this particular scenario discussed. So, when I start the vehicle the 4WD light on the dash doesn't light. The 4x4 Switch does not light with engine running and does not...

My 4.0 1991 ranger has a pig tail unlike any replacement alternators at orielly. It is the style with two outer clips instead of the more round single clip connection. Do I need to just replace this pig tail?? I’m currently broken down I’m going to replace the alternator in the morning when...

So I have a 83 Ford Ranger and I went to start it after 4-5 days of it sitting and it was clicking so I thought it was a bad solenoid. I replaced that and went to start it but my battery was dead so I jump started it and right when I hooked up both of the jumper cablesthe engine started to turn...

So I just bought my first truck and it was running fine for the first 3 days and out of no where it wouldn’t start I tested my voltage on the battery and I was getting 3volts I tried jump starting it and nothing happened still would not start so my buddy said battery is toast so I went and...

After I got out of work this afternoon, I got in my truck and heard a rapid clicking noise coming from under the glovebox. I heard the clicking as soon as I got in the truck, before I put the key in. I tried to start her up and the engine would not start. We tried jumping her too and no luck...

So I have a truck that sometimes the wipers won't work and neither will the dome light or bed lights unless I pull the battery cable and put it back on. Also the door chime won't work but I feel like that is a blessing. Then they will work for the first couple of times the truck starts then will...

I had a detailer clean 360,000 miles of grime off the 3.0L engine of my Ranger last week, knowing there is some risk in that. When he was through she would not start, but after drying out the inside of the distributor cap she started and has run like normal. She sat for 2-3 days over last...

Hi gents, hopefully I have the right section for this. Replace my alternator a few days ago after the battery light came on. Replaced the alternator the battery light turned off. 2 days later (last night) I noticed my dash lights getting really dim. withing 5 minutes of that, the truck lost all...

Hey all - a friend and I are trying to get an '88 ranger 2.9l V6 up and running. Main issue is that the truck won't always start and won't always stay running. The truck starts right up when it is jumped and I've run it for up to 40 minutes (with the radio/air/lights on, putting a load on the...

I have a 2002 4.0 4x4XLT with 350,000 kms on the engine. The truck runs well but sometimes (maybe 1 in 20) it's hard to start. It turns over slowly and sounds like the battery is nearly dead. It has always started but I'm afraid it's going to leave me stranded some day. A few months ago, I had...

I've read a lot of posts on this and other sites regarding testing and troubleshooting my Ranger's charging problems but I'm stumped. What happened and what I did: The truck sat for a few weeks and when I last drove it, the battery light was on and the voltmeter was way below normal. I turned...

Hi everyone, i have searched the forum for threads on this topic and have not found any,so forgive me if this topic has been covered already. I recently noticed that when my engine goes above 3000 rpm, the battery light would flicker. Eventually, it started staying on (solid light as opposed...

I feel stupid asking this question. But ocasionaly i go out when its real cold, and my batteries dead. theres large amounts of white gunk on the positive terminal. I know. My batteries fried, its like two years old. But what causes all that white gunk to build up on the terminal? what actually...

OK, First let me say I'm new here so hopefully I don't get flamed. I am having a problem with my 08 Ranger that has got me so flustered I'm about to take a match to it. I drive truck so my ranger sits all week long in a parking lot. Starting last winter every week when I got back, my battery...

So I finished up beefing my tract-bar mounts today, tightened down all my suspension components and was going to take her out on a trail to she how she goes since I just did my first SAS. Got in and turned the key, nothing.....tried again....nothing. Had no lights, dash lights, check engine...

A couple of quick questions for you guys (who are the best let me add. I've saved at least $700 in the last year referring to you guys instead of a "mechanic". Anyway just a couple questions. First for the back story... skip to next paragraph if'n you don't care.. A few weeks ago my truck was...

A couple of quick questions for you guys (who are the best let me add. I've saved at least $700 in the last year referring to you guys instead of a "mechanic". Anyway just a couple questions. First for the back story... skip to next paragraph if'n you don't care.. A few weeks ago my truck was...