Electrical BS

[4whlmama]

I started my beastly thus morning and all wad great. I plugged in my mini air compressor to the power outlet and wired up my tires (while my truck wad running). Then I went to leave again and nothing but click click click. I hooked up my jump box. It said battery wad at 13.5v and it started. Now I have no working gauges, lights or windows or door locks. I let it idle for a while and she died and no start again. Suggestions anyone?

 

[stamp11127]

Use a dmm and check the battery voltage on the posts - not the terminals.
A clicking starter solenoid usually indicates low voltage at the solenoid.

 

[Habbibie]

What the hell is a wad?

 

[hartsemperfi]

I think typo for was

 

[4whlmama]

Seriously guys?! Excuse the typo, but I think the forum is for mechanical questions not a writing lesson.

 

[Bedrck47]

Seriously guys?! Excuse the typo, but I think the forum is for mechanical questions not a writing lesson.

In reality its for both as having good writing skills takes the guess work out of trying to figure out what someone means.

Being your new, stick around for a while and get involved and you will see the questions that get asked and all the misspelled words used. Having good grammar does help.

Also think of it this way. If you were to ask for help and got a reply that you had to decipher how would you feel.

Also using spell check helps sometimes but it doesn't know if a person means was or wad or if he says he wired his tires or aired them. Some members are good at deciphering and some aren't and then sometimes its just for fun to point out others mistakes.

 

[Habbibie]

13.5v 4da Betty dis B kinka hi, it shud B @ 12.4 or les. Cloud it BU haz a voltige spike & fired you're main fuse? Check 4 continuity 2 ensur it not blow.

Edit:
13.5 volts for the battery is kinda high, it should be at 12.4 -/+, could it be that you had a voltage spike and fried your main fuse? Check for continuity to ensure it's not blown.

 

[4whlmama]

13.5v 4da Betty dis B kinka hi, it shud B @ 12.4 or les. Cloud it BU haz a voltige spike & fired you're main fuse? Check 4 continuity 2 ensur it not blow.

Edit:
13.5 volts for the battery is kinda high, it should be at 12.4 -/+, could it be that you had a voltage spike and fried your main fuse? Check for continuity to ensure it's not blown.

Lol...thanks

 

[4whlmama]

Typically, I'm a serious punctually correct person. I'm OCD and grammar is one of the things that I'm OCD with. I totally get what you're saying. I catch typos and grammar mistakes all the time!

My frame of mind when I posted this thread was boggled, frustrated and in a huge hurry. A very rare moment where I did not pay much attention.

I have had several things go wrong with her recently. My Dad was a mechanic (May he rest in peace). He was always there to answer my questions. He never did the work for me. He always got his little rolling stool out and would roll between my vehicle and the rollaway getting me the tools I needed and instructing me on what to do. He made sure his little girl could tell ya what was causing a knock, clunk, rattle or ting and I knew how to fix it! I have had to turn to the internet and posting questions in forums. I have a brother that is the service manager at a Toyota dealership, but he just tells me to bring it to a shop. Well, guess what, Bro...I don't have the money for the shop. Nor, will I pay near double the cost for parts!

So, please, instead of critiquing my slight misspellings, give me a suggestion.

Thanks

 

[docraymund]

So, hows your truck now? Still not starting? Willl it crank?

 

[4whlmama]

So, hows your truck now? Still not starting? Willl it crank?

It was the alternator. Completely dead! I just replaced it 3 years ago! Needless to say when I purchased the last one, I elected to save $30 and purchase the one with only a 1 year warranty. Plus, I as going to trade up and go with a newer Expo with the V-6 ecoboost. Obviously, I still haven't done that. I get a ton of compliments on my beastly. Plus she's paid for and I really do love this Triton V-8! Don't like the gas mileage, but she don't ever need to step aside to get out 9f someone's way! Even with a heavy haul! So anyway....I paid the extra money and my new alternator has a lifetime warranty. Probably a better choice since I also run a pretty heavy audio system!

However...my mechanical saga continues! Just discovered that my intake manifold has a "tuning" bolt. This may be the issue since I recently replaced it. The long drawn out 8 months of a nightmare is posted in one of my previous threads of you want to read the book I wrote about it. Lol

Current issue...the miss in the motor. Since replacing the alternator, it hasn't thrown a code yet, but the miss is definately still there. I have put over 100 miles on it since. No miss when it's cold and not really at idol after it's warmed up. No loss of power. The miss is present at an idled speed. Mostly higher speeds. The other day she went about 30 miles on the freeway before I felt a single miss and that was after I exited the freeway and was slowing to stop at a light. At this point I'm gonna have the full detailed diagnostic run and go from there. I am pretty confident that it has to do with the intake. Of you have ever replaced the intake manifold, you understand. I have had the upper side of the motor torn down 4 times for this single repair! After she was finally fixed, she seemed to run great with the exception a rattle noise that sounds like a possible bent pulley or bearing. At first I wondered if it could have been the water pump, but that has been checked out and all good...I think. Never overheated it and never broke serpentine belt and I have kept up on maintenance. I am not the first owner, but she was only 4 years old when I bought her. I would be someone you would want to buy a vehicle from! I won't even run my ride through a car wash!

I think it's time that I bite the bullet and let her go. One of my daughter's is 19 and just got her license. She us a non she's had a little over a year now as the lical taxidermists assistant. She really wants a highboy, but if I can get this beast dialed in, she will get it.

 

[docraymund]

Well good for you. Sometimes old things get cranky once in a while. Just keep up the maintenance and you and your beast will ride many sunsets together.

 

[4whlmama]

Sorry I'm posting updates like a year later. I just haven't been online. Taking care of life and the snowball of challenges it has brought. Anyway, here I am now. So the update on this issue was in fact my alternator. After driving it 50 miles when I got it restarted and back on the road. I went to visit my mom and later that evening I went to put gas in it before gettimg on the highway to head home, as I pulled into the gas station I noticed my headlights were dim. I looked down at the dash and they were dim and the battery gauge read that my battery was very low. I didn't even get gas. I just turned around in the parking lot and headed back to my mom's. I landed up staying the night and the next day the tests told me my alternator fried! Aftermarket competition grade audio is my culprate.

 

[1955moose]

I want to know what the heck is a intake manifold tuning bolt? Does it make the mixture richer or leaner. How do you adjust it! Is it metric or Saw thread?

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[1955moose]

Damn, my phone said saw! Not Sae, and I checked it.

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[Habbibie]

I WAD just gonna say what's a saw threaded screw lol

 

[1955moose]

I saw saw too! This thread is making me chuckle. Thanks Henry, I needed that. Don't worry 4 wheel mama, most posts are all mechanical, and kinda boring, this one made me smile. Were just having fun!

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[1955moose]

Bedrck 47 would have a field day with this post. His spirits here though!

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