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I've had my 86' m1028 now for about 6 months, it's my 1st diesel truck as well. I have a few questions and wonder if they are related.
The 1st being ever since I bought the truck, when I first start the truck, the battery gauge goes to where it's suppose to, right in the middle of the green. After a few seconds there is a click noise from somewhere betond teh dash and the gauge drops to teh yellow. A few seconds later, another click and right back to the green. It does this for about 3 cycles then all is fine. And when it drops to the yellow, one of the gen belts will squeal. Just wondering if this is normal???
Ok, now to the problem that happened today. I was driving it home when I noticed the battery gauge was right on the border of green and yellow. I was curious since it's always in the middle of the green. I got home, parked it and as I got out of the truck, I noticed a faint burning smell, I shrugged it off figuring it was my neighbor with their outdoor furnace. I went to use the truck later, I turned the ignition on and I have zero electrical power. I didn't get a chance to look at it at all yet since I was in a hurry to get to work, and jumped in my car and took that. So I was wondering if there is something like a fusible link or something that commonly burns out. I won't be able to get to it until the weekend and figured I'd ask the pool of knowledge on here incase it is a common problem.
Thanks in advance, and can't get enough of the site!
The 1st being ever since I bought the truck, when I first start the truck, the battery gauge goes to where it's suppose to, right in the middle of the green. After a few seconds there is a click noise from somewhere betond teh dash and the gauge drops to teh yellow. A few seconds later, another click and right back to the green. It does this for about 3 cycles then all is fine. And when it drops to the yellow, one of the gen belts will squeal. Just wondering if this is normal???
Ok, now to the problem that happened today. I was driving it home when I noticed the battery gauge was right on the border of green and yellow. I was curious since it's always in the middle of the green. I got home, parked it and as I got out of the truck, I noticed a faint burning smell, I shrugged it off figuring it was my neighbor with their outdoor furnace. I went to use the truck later, I turned the ignition on and I have zero electrical power. I didn't get a chance to look at it at all yet since I was in a hurry to get to work, and jumped in my car and took that. So I was wondering if there is something like a fusible link or something that commonly burns out. I won't be able to get to it until the weekend and figured I'd ask the pool of knowledge on here incase it is a common problem.
Thanks in advance, and can't get enough of the site!