dowe23

so after finally getting the stang out after doing way to much work to it over the winter i drive it for about 3 days and the battery light comes on, not charging, i dont believe its the alternator cause i put one on in the fall, i tested for power going through it on the voltage regulator plug, one wire had power with the key off and another had power with the key on, the center wire that comes from the alternator had nothing.. anybody got any ideas, think im going to find a place that can test the alternator tomorrow, but as i said it should still be good..

Rat fink

Start the car up and remove the positive cable from the battery, If it keeps running the altinator is putting out at least 10 volts. If it dies the altinator is not working.

ttocs

I have had alts that were bad out of the box and heard of it happening to others. Swing by autozone and have them check it out.

dowe23

battery cable comes off and it dies right away, knew it wasnt getting any charge at all, read up on maybe the fusible link might be gone.. not really sure how to check them

stangmanmike33

well, i was having the same problems out of my cars!! the fues link is more thsan likely gonna fix your problem. dont understand how they just go bad, cause all it is, is a rubberized coating over a spliced wire. hmmm, anyway, you can cut it out and run them together or put another link in there, but its all the same, let us know if that fixes it, if not i have some other solutions you can try.

dowe23

well thanks for the input, i just took the alternator off and got it replaced.. lol.. guess thats what i get for buying a cheap one, least its warrantied

my90stang

What else can you tell me about fusible links? We removed one. Replaced it and THOUGHT we fixed the problem. The car will not stay running! Alternator has been replaced as well. ??? Totally confused......