ChristopherASA
10-22-2016, 01:33 PM
I've either a battery problem, or an alternator problem ( guess).
I drive the truck around for a day or two (short trips), and eventually the battery gets to the point where I have to recharge it. Then it's fine for another day or two, and then the cycle begins again. (Battery is about a year old, give or take.)
Of course a friend told me to start the truck and then remove the positive connection to the battery. He said if the engine then conks out, the problem is the alternator. It did. My question is: how definitive is that test?
I'll be reading everything on this forum having to do with "alternator." And I'm watching a couple of YouTube vids in order to learn how to diagnose this problem with a multimeter.
I drive the truck around for a day or two (short trips), and eventually the battery gets to the point where I have to recharge it. Then it's fine for another day or two, and then the cycle begins again. (Battery is about a year old, give or take.)
Of course a friend told me to start the truck and then remove the positive connection to the battery. He said if the engine then conks out, the problem is the alternator. It did. My question is: how definitive is that test?
I'll be reading everything on this forum having to do with "alternator." And I'm watching a couple of YouTube vids in order to learn how to diagnose this problem with a multimeter.