I think my altenator isn't charging my battery right.
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I think my altenator isn't charging my battery right.
I bought my 1997 Dakota a couple years ago. the previous owner stripped all the emissions equipment off of it, so I couldn't license it. My county stopped emissions testing a couple months ago, so I licensed it.
I noticed when I was driving it with a load of junk to the dump that it wasn't charging the battery. When I got home I did the alternator test I know. I started it and had a friend try to keep it running and I disconnected the positive battery cable. It died immediately. We repeated the test a few times and could never keep the pickup running. That told me the alternator was bad.
I bought a new alternator and repeated the test. It still died. That tells me for some reason the pickup isn't getting any juice from the alternator.
One thing I should mention is that the alternator I got is for a 2000 Dakota. The one for a 97 that the parts place had wasn't the same as the one I pulled off my Dakota. It had a different electrical plug. The one for a 2000 matched mine, so I bought it. I'm wondering if the previous owner put a different wiring harness in it, and if that could have anything to do with why I'm not getting enough juice from the alternator to run my pickup.
A friend of mine doesn't think that my battery would of had enough juice to drive to the dump and back, but I've driven cars on just the battery years ago. I have no idea what could be causing this problem. Help Please.
I noticed when I was driving it with a load of junk to the dump that it wasn't charging the battery. When I got home I did the alternator test I know. I started it and had a friend try to keep it running and I disconnected the positive battery cable. It died immediately. We repeated the test a few times and could never keep the pickup running. That told me the alternator was bad.
I bought a new alternator and repeated the test. It still died. That tells me for some reason the pickup isn't getting any juice from the alternator.
One thing I should mention is that the alternator I got is for a 2000 Dakota. The one for a 97 that the parts place had wasn't the same as the one I pulled off my Dakota. It had a different electrical plug. The one for a 2000 matched mine, so I bought it. I'm wondering if the previous owner put a different wiring harness in it, and if that could have anything to do with why I'm not getting enough juice from the alternator to run my pickup.
A friend of mine doesn't think that my battery would of had enough juice to drive to the dump and back, but I've driven cars on just the battery years ago. I have no idea what could be causing this problem. Help Please.
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I had to have a professional mechanic look at it. The computer was bad. There's a circuit in the computer that controls the alternator and it was bad. They put a new computer in it and now it's fix. It cost me about $650 bucks. Now I've made another post about a malfunctioning tail light.