Jocelynrae
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- Aug 16, 2020
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- Location
- Texas
- Vehicle Year
- 1995
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger XLT
- Transmission
- Automatic
Hi, yes I am having some problems figuring out what the exact problem is with my 1995 Ford Ranger XLT 4.0. My Ranger had been sitting for approximately 4 years while I did some time. Durning my time, my father changed the Starter and bought a new battery. Now that I am home, I took it for a spin. I only made it approximately 10 miles before the truck died on me. Once popping the hood and checking the battery terminals everything looked fine, i tried to start the truck and the battery was completely dead. Now while inside my father kept telling me that my battery wouldn't hold charge and he assumed it was the radio sucking it down because it was never actually driven. But the radio turns off, so I never thought that was it. So I was broke down on the side of the RD and got a jump, as well as let my battery charge up, but yet again once on the rd, my truck died within 5 miles. Once jumped though, I did a test with the negative cable, disconnecting it lead to the entire truck dying as well, telling me the alternator was bad. So I replaced it with a brand new one. Yet still when disconnecting the negative cable the truck dies. I am not sure what the problem could be. There are multiple different things online. I really wanted to reach out to someone who could help me!! Please if you have any information about this, reply and I will be here waiting! Thank you so much.