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    Battery not charging - new alternator and battery

    Well I found the problem and it was the obvious. I cleaned the grounds and same problem persisted. Then noticed some slack on the belt and the tensioner was shot....my crappy mechanic told me it was fine. Needless to say, I changed the tensioner and belt which was a piece of cake on this car...
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    Battery not charging - new alternator and battery

    ok it seems Ima be trying the ground cleaning this weekend. If that does not work, I was thinking of replacing the belt and pulley tensioner. and if that doesn't work, then I may have to go to the Dealer and see what they say.... thanks for the help.
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    Battery not charging - new alternator and battery

    Replacing the PCM is an expensive proposal. Someone recommended me to clean all grounds from the battery to the chassis, and possibly add an extra ground from the battery to the chassis and from the chassis to the block. Anyone think this can help? Anyone think it can be the tensioned...
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    Battery not charging - new alternator and battery

    This URL only goes back to 2010, I need another 11 years of info, mine is a 1999.
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    Battery not charging - new alternator and battery

    This is the 2nd battery I got from Autozone, and same results. So when the car is running, I can see the needle go to 14v, when I turn on the lights, heater, heating mirrors it drops to about 10-11v and it seems the alternator cannot keep up during loads in my truck....If I take the alternator...
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    Battery not charging - new alternator and battery

    Hi all, I got a 1999 Dodge Ram 1500 5.9 Magnum. Well the car didn't have a battery when I bought it, so got a new battery. After a week of driving the battery died, so I took it to Advanced auto parts for an electrical test and they said the alternator was not responding under load. So I...
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    Dodge noob and new car

    thanks guys. 1. If I want to go the cheap way, should I replace just the lines or is it know for the trans cooler's couplings to go bad. IN that case I would look for an aftermarket trans cooler. iSlacker816-Did you remove the original trans cooler? left it there unplugged? or hooked the...
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    Dodge noob and new car

    Hi guys, My other cars have been Nissan's and this is my first American made car and my first Dodge truck: 1999 1500 Ram 5.9 4x4 quad cab 167K miles. I purchased this guy about 2 weeks ago at an auction for about $1K and I already put a good $200-400 on parts and fluids, to give some...
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    transmission cooler line

    Hi guys, New here, I just picked up a 99 1500 5.9, and trans fuild is leaking from the passenger front, which seems to be the lines from the trans to the trans cooler or rad. What tool did you get the disconnect the lines? Did you rent it?
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