Altenator

[crpntr1]

Last week I thought my altenator had gone out on my truck, but I went to see the folks at autozone and they put my mind at ease that it wasn't the altenator just a bad connect at the battery...everything has been fine since

Until this, the coldest morning this year, I'm 40 miles from home & on the side of the highway with a dead truck!!! 25* out and not much warmer in here.

Damn

 

[metarzan]

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

 

[hunter185]

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

 

[crpntr1]

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

The wife's on her way!!!
-20f...I feel a little better now :D

 

[hunter185]

Good to hear!

 

[metarzan]

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

 

[crpntr1]

Am in Texas, on the side of 175 between Kaufman and Crandall

Warm has arrived

 

[wildcat]

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

 

[nsfisher]

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.

 

[crpntr1]

Got a new battery and will stop after work to have the alt checked out

Her car is not worth putting a starter on it as the Safety Insp. runs out in couple months.

Do you guys up there not have to have insp every year??
On a brighter note, a package I've been expecting since the 21st (kind of a TAD thing, but a trade not purchase)is in Dallas and I should be getting it today...it was missent to Ct and sat there for 3-4 days before anyone realized it didnt belong there..

 

[hunter185]

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...

 

[sdcowboy]

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!