help alternator problems!!

[screamingstang]

2006 mustang gt 42,000 miles
mods: ford racing intake,jba long tubes o/h pipe,4:10 gears

other then that...my car is stock down to the air filter...

So im driving around and this CHECK CHARGING SYSTEM POPS up along with a BATTERY LIGHT indication on the dash board.
i dont have a system for my alternator to go out.nor do i have my hids any more...i do have a double din..but has been installed by pros...ever since i sold my s/c and had my car back to stock it been acting up...any ways i have since bought a new alternator and new battery from kragens..the same msg pops up on the dash board with the battery light...i have also changed the power cable that runs to the alternator with a fuse and its popping them...i switched back to the stock cable and it gets really hot...i dont know what else i can do to solve this issue...i dont want to take it to the stealership..i need help thanks guys...

 

[Alfiedagr8]

When this happens and the lights are on your dash, is your alternator still charging? Sounds like it may also be a wiring issue from ur IC to alternator.

 

[strong_j]

Ur prolly having a short to ground somewhere. Start following ur alternator wires and see if anything is crushed or melted somewhere.

 

[screamingstang]

When this happens and the lights are on your dash, is your alternator still charging? Sounds like it may also be a wiring issue from ur IC to alternator.

How would i know if its still charging?...and whats (IC)

 

[screamingstang]

Ur prolly having a short to ground somewhere. Start following ur alternator wires and see if anything is crushed or melted somewhere.

The stock wire had a slite and signs of burned wire...so I removed that part of the burned wire and installed a fuse,as soon as I start the car the battery lite comes on and the power wire that runs from the battery to the alternator gets really hot

 

[screamingstang]

Well after reaping apart the whole wire loom to the car u found nothing...so I decide to get a whole new 4 gauge power wire with cooper ends...Idk if that matters but it fixed the problem...the car fires rite up took it down the block left it on for couple minutes and the codes haven't came back thank god...I hate chasing electric problems

 

[skwerl]

Sounds like you took the BT delete to the next higher level.

 

[screamingstang]

???? What's bt?

 

[skwerl]

This might explain it.

www.s197forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=68835

 

[screamingstang]

Dick....

 

[skwerl]

The 'blue thing' is the inline fuse in the lead from the battery to the alternator. I had no intention of insulting you, but your situation certainly brought that entire humorous event to mind. After three solid days of laughing my ass off somebody did actually reveal that the 'BT' was an important component of the electrical system.

 

[Alfiedagr8]

Glad
To
Hear u fixed it.

Ic means instrument cluster. By the way.

 

[screamingstang]

Glad
To
Hear u fixed it.

Ic means instrument cluster. By the way.

thanks...

 

[Sprayin Blue 3V]

Well after reaping apart the whole wire loom to the car u found nothing...so I decide to get a whole new 4 gauge power wire with cooper ends...Idk if that matters but it fixed the problem...the car fires rite up took it down the block left it on for couple minutes and the codes haven't came back thank god...I hate chasing electric problems

Is the wire 4 gauge from the factory? Make sure there is some sort of fuse in there.

If you are burning out fuses, that means you are pulling too many amps. This would also cause the wires to get really hot if there was no fuse (you can light a car on fire this way if there is no circuit protection.) If you say the wire looks burned, does this mean the wire is exposed? This could have caused a short to ground, which would draw too many amps.

 

[screamingstang]

Is the wire 4 gauge from the factory? Make sure there is some sort of fuse in there.

If you are burning out fuses, that means you are pulling too many amps. This would also cause the wires to get really hot if there was no fuse (you can light a car on fire this way if there is no circuit protection.) If you say the wire looks burned, does this mean the wire is exposed? This could have caused a short to ground, which would draw too many amps.

One the stock wire I did not see a fuse????

 

[Sprayin Blue 3V]

One the stock wire I did not see a fuse????

A fuseable link wont look like a traditional blade fuse. The wiring diagram shows a fuseable link between the B+ terminal on the alt and the battery. As pointed out before in this thread its under the blue part of the covering. Fuses are put there for a reason.

 

[Alfiedagr8]

Yup this is true. Ford uses links for alternator wires.