Re: 65 Coronet no longer charging well

[Gary Wilson <gwwilson70@xxxxxxxxx>]

Do not pull the cable from the post.  A good way to  damage something.. While running. You could get a lively spark from the battery from pulling the cable.  If you happen to have gas fumes .  (boom)  Not likely but it has happened. Get your self a load tester.  Parts stores have them. Also they have instructions .  Testers are pretty self explaining.  You can tell if battery is bad.  If alternator is charging correctly.  .  One other way to tell if alt is bad is with key off take a screw driver and place it on  very back of alt and see if it has any pull.  Like magnet.  If fairly strong pull alt should be good.  Weak or no pull alt is bad.  You can also full field the alternator.  The other way is take to alt and regualtor of and take them to parts store that will test them for free.

On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 3:38 PM, N. L. Devotie <noble_leslie_devotie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have an aftermarket voltage gauge that has already read on the order of 14 volts.  Last week it started reading 11.  Today, I had a dead battery.  How can tell which of the components in this path are bad?  I'm guessing I have, as possible points of failure, the alternator, voltage regulator, some mysterious wiring issue, something else.  Could a bad battery cause this?  What steps should I take to narrow things down?  Any advice appreciated.

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