Sup guys. Alternator bit the dust, most likely because of an oil leak. I suspected that as my "CHARGE" light has been flickering as I'd get above a certain rpm for about a week now, but then it went away for a few days. The light then reappeared again yesterday, but now it was staying on constantly. Took it to the autoparts store and their battery/alt tester is broken
Went to a different autoparts store and their battery/alt tester is also broken
So me figuring it was the alternator took it out of the truck and took it to the store to have them bench test it, came up bad, but I ended up getting a free one as a warranty from the manufacturer
. Replaced it today, along with some wires that were in rough shape, cleaned all the connections and fired it up.
Light still on. Put a volt meter on the battery and it is charging. (idled for about 15 min and went from 12.4 to 13.7 volts). Not sure what to do. I have yet to drive it around and won't be able to till tomorrow. Any ideas on why the light is on? P.S., I fixed the oil leak, stupid distributor o ring.