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Is It New/Big Alternator Time?

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ArdWrknTrk

Re: Is It New/Big Alternator Time?

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I certainly hope your battery comes back Gary!
Frustrating when a simple oversight throws a wrench in your plans. 😖
Darn thing probably costs close to what a new alternator does.

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

Gary Lewis

Re: Is It New/Big Alternator Time?

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I think it has come back. The voltage is staying up after driving it, and it starts the engine easily. So maybe I dodged a bullet.

And the alternator is doing exactly as it has before - 14.4V on a cold start and slowly decreasing down to 13.8V when everything heats up. So maybe there's no harm, no foul?

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
Blue: 2015 F150 Platinum 4x4 SuperCrew wearing Blue Jeans & sporting a 3.5L EB & Max Tow
Big Blue: 1985 F250HD 4x4: 460/ZF5/3.55's, D60 w/Ox locker & 10.25 Sterling/Trutrac, Blue Top & Borgeson, & EEC-V MAF/SEFI

ArdWrknTrk

Re: Is It New/Big Alternator Time?

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That's great news!

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

mat in tn

Re: Is It New/Big Alternator Time?

In reply to this post by Gary Lewis

it happens!

BigBrother-84

Re: Is It New/Big Alternator Time?

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Nothing Special wrote

I'm not really thinking that Gary needs a lot more alternator, but lifting a truck into a tree is one of the easier tasks that a winch might perform.

Was this Big Blue???

Jeff / 1984 F350 Crew Cab 4x4/5.8L w351 4V/ T18/ D50 4.10 front/ 8' bed.
Restored 2019-2022.
Nicknamed «Big Brother 1984», due to its soooo-looong shape & nod to George Orwell's 1984 famous novel.

Nothing Special

Re: Is It New/Big Alternator Time?

I'm thinking that was "the Antichrist"

Bob
Sorry, no '80 - '86 Ford trucks
"Oswald": 1997 F-250HD crew cab short box, 460, E4OD, 4.10 gears
"Pluto": 1971 Bronco, 302, NV3550 5 speed, Atlas 4.3:1 transfer case, 33" tires
"the motorhome": 2015 E-450-based 28' class C motorhome, 6.8L V-10
"the Dodge": 2007 Dodge 2500, 6.7L Cummins

BigBrother-84

Re: Is It New/Big Alternator Time?

Nothing Special wrote

I'm thinking that was "the Antichrist"

Looking closer, you're right!
And considering The Gods Must Be Crazy was filmed in 1980, can't be Big Blue.
And with a name like that, can't be Gary neither.

Jeff / 1984 F350 Crew Cab 4x4/5.8L w351 4V/ T18/ D50 4.10 front/ 8' bed.
Restored 2019-2022.
Nicknamed «Big Brother 1984», due to its soooo-looong shape & nod to George Orwell's 1984 famous novel.

Gary Lewis

Re: Is It New/Big Alternator Time?

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Yep, that was the Antichrist, as it was so named in The God's Must Be Crazy. And yes, that was before Big Blue was built. But BB's 12K winch and 6.6K weight might be able to duplicate that scene.

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

BigBrother-84

Re: Is It New/Big Alternator Time?

Gary Lewis wrote

BB's 12K winch and 6.6K weight might be able to duplicate that scene.

So Gary, do not take any unnecessary risks: Never anchor Big Blue's winch to something higher than its bumper!

Jeff / 1984 F350 Crew Cab 4x4/5.8L w351 4V/ T18/ D50 4.10 front/ 8' bed.
Restored 2019-2022.
Nicknamed «Big Brother 1984», due to its soooo-looong shape & nod to George Orwell's 1984 famous novel.

Gary Lewis

Re: Is It New/Big Alternator Time?

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Good plan, Stan. 👍

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile