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so i got a notch and after i bought it the alternator went out replaced both battery and alternator still the car ran on the battery i checked my wiring harness to find near the cables for the alternator some jankky fixing. took it to ford to see whats up and to find out they cant really fix the problem. only clean it which made my alternator work. problem has occured again. what shall i do?

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Get some new plugs for the alternator and rewire it use the same guage wire which I think it's two 10g positives off the alt plug and one 12g wire off the stator. They all run across the radiator support with the headlight wiring harness and all three wires hit fusible links before they all land on the positive side from the batt on the starter solenoid driverside fenderwell If that's not the problem either ur fusible links are blown or your 20amp alt fuse under the dash is blown that is the green/red wire on the alt controls the reg.

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how can i test for the fusible link? im not very good with electrical parts on 5.0s

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just get a voltage tester and see if you have more than like 12.5 volts at the starter selenoid if u do the alt is working and no fusible links are blown

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09 f250 diesel 605hp
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13 harley fxdb 103ci

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