Low-Tech-Redneck
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Seems our deuce is having a problem with it's batteries not charging. About a month after we got it, we took it on a short trip down the road and shut it off. When we tried to restart it, it was dead, would not even crank. We got a jump to restart and brought it home.
We assumed that the batteries in it were just old, since they were the ones we got with the truck, so we replaced them. Everything seemed fine for another week. Then, we went to get diesel for it, and once at the gas station, we were BARELY able to get it to restart.
Brought it home again, and it has refused to restart since then.
Our guess is that the alternator is just not charging the batteries, or is charging them very weakly and over an extended period, the drain gets ahead of the charge, and you're left stranded. WHen running, the alternator guage needle never climbs out of the yellow compeletely, it'll get close, but always stays borderline.
We're fortunate enough to have a copy of the official army service manuals on CD ROM in .pdf format, and we have enough faith in our mechanical skills to troubleshoot it, but if anyone would know in advance if there's a "Favorite" way the charging circut likes to fail, we'd appreciate the help
thanks
We assumed that the batteries in it were just old, since they were the ones we got with the truck, so we replaced them. Everything seemed fine for another week. Then, we went to get diesel for it, and once at the gas station, we were BARELY able to get it to restart.
Brought it home again, and it has refused to restart since then.
Our guess is that the alternator is just not charging the batteries, or is charging them very weakly and over an extended period, the drain gets ahead of the charge, and you're left stranded. WHen running, the alternator guage needle never climbs out of the yellow compeletely, it'll get close, but always stays borderline.
We're fortunate enough to have a copy of the official army service manuals on CD ROM in .pdf format, and we have enough faith in our mechanical skills to troubleshoot it, but if anyone would know in advance if there's a "Favorite" way the charging circut likes to fail, we'd appreciate the help
thanks