Altenator

Where you at? Maybe someone here is in the neighborhood? Be careful.

That sucks! Same thing happened to my dad last week and I had to go rescue him, but it was -20F...

Good to hear!

Cool. I thought you might be in Texas, so you could have just been right around the corner... Haha! Warm wife on the way!

Hoping you're safe and sound. Keep us posted on you and the truck.

Wife's car is still sitting at her work place since 5 days ago. Starter is shot. Have been making a deal with a Guy for a Ford Escape and he gets her car as well if he hauls it away. Hard guy to deal with though. Her car is not worth putting a starter on it as the Safety Insp. runs out in couple months.

Spent an hour undeneath my truck, in the snow, rewiring the block heater the other day. If thats any consolation ha ha! Also waiting for a TAD package...

Chris,

I had a similar experience last week. Two months ago it looked like my alternator was going out. I had it checked at the diesel garage, and they thought it was my batteries (F350's take two batteries), so I went to Interstate Batteries to have them checked. They checked the batteries, and the tester showed that the alternator was bad.
I decided to replace the alternator myself. Installing the part is easy...loosening the tension on the serpentine belt is not, unless you have the right tool. Luckily my neighbor had a 1/2" ratchet that worked like a charm. Fast forward to last week, and the alternator died. I had to do it again.
This time, I had already purchased a 1/2" ratchet! It wasn't all bad, the alternator was replaced by O'Reilly Auto Parts under warranty, and I enjoyed a bowl of Butternut Burley while I worked. A friend came by to visit while I worked, and we went to lunch afterward.
The two-month-old alternator was fried at the point where the power source connected. It was black and crispy! I guess I just had a bad one. The good news is that my skill set improves with every repair I make on my truck!