The voltage is maybe 11/12 (battery power) and then after it hits 1000 it doesn’t drop again until after the truck has been shut off and started again. It’s like the alternator has a resistor or whatever you want to call it and it does kick in charging until a certain speed. I will take a picture in the morning since it’s dark and cold already tonight. The voltage reads 14? I believe that’s what straight up on the gauge says. I went and got my sister from school today and on the way home I was taking a sharp turn in neutral and the truck shut off, bumped key and it was back on. Most of the time it’s fine but occasionally it still fluctuates while in neutral. Like I drove a good 15-20 minutes after I got her and ran fan the whole time. And I spent lots of time coasting in neutral in that span of time. I was riding down gravel roads to go look at the creek. Truck got a little dirty
nothing crazy tho I can’t risk breaking the truck
it sounds like there is an electrical connection at fault and/or a alternator charging issue.
whats your charge cable look like, how is your ground situation, is your battery secured with a hold down, what the posts look like, and I would clean the connector and the stud and remember the alternator grounds through the case. that means the cylinder head, water pump boss(if it uses one), intake possibly, tensioner bracket, block etc are all ground paths (whichever it uses of course)
here is a mock up of my alternator and brackets from another engine because the old ones were bent
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all the points of contact to the bracket/hardware on the alternator should be clean, for the best ground path, then the contacts to the engine and negative cable should also be clean, for hte best ground hygeine. also a good clean charge stud, charge wire of right size and low resistance, to a good clean positive clamp, to a clean positive post. Your ground on the bracket should be clean like said, but to a good sized cable of low resistance to your negative post, like the pos, clean all around and good surface area contact.
actually, I miss spoke, it looks like the charge wire goes to the distribution block. if yours does to, I would re-reun a new wire, minding any fusible links or diodes present, if any, and make it a better cable. That block should have a good clean connection too, and I do believe it has a post that goes to the starter, and then that daisy chains to the battery.(Can soemone confirm?)
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here is my small charge wire. see that little thing? (heh) bad. should be bigger. bigger is better(heh)
