Re: 65 Coronet no longer charging well

["N. L. Devotie" <noble_leslie_devotie@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the input everyone, including the emailed ones.  Today I took the Dodge to my local TireKing (which handles my Hondas) and had them test the charging system.  Their diagnosis was a failing alternator.  I'm going to study my service manual a bit and poke around with a voltmeter myself, but it seems a new alternator is my next project.

On Sunday, October 21, 2012 6:38:40 PM UTC-4, N. L. Devotie wrote:
> I have an aftermarket voltage gauge that has always 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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