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JoeyLincolnMK8

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Guys im going to try to make this short out of a looooooooooong story. last night, after whooping a 89 5.0 rustang twice, something happened that i thought would not. after leaving the races, i saw my anti lock brake light started to go on, then go off... about 3 or 4 times. then the message "check charging system" came up. after a few more feet everything started to shutdown, radio,climate control, rpms dropped, panel light dimmed, you get the picture. pulled over had a few buddies with me, we tried jumping the my car it would start up for a few but it losses the charge. i just replaced my alternator with a cobra 160amp, my battery is an optima 980 cca (red top). which is right now being charged at autozone but they said it is still good. im guessing alternator? i disconnected my system from the battery terminal thinking it is draining power from the battery. no luck!! then disconnected my remote start/alarm, no luck either. i still have my orignal alternator which is fine, so when i get the battery back im going to swap them out. if this does not work for me, can anyone tell me what else it could be? only performance stuff i did was an SCT chip about alil over a month ago. any, and i mean any ideas would be greatly appreicated. thanks guys!

Joe
 
it was funny, but i think i should not have said "any, and i mean any ideas would help" I kind of left myself open for something like that...lol
 
well i already know its the charging system, i was thinking battery or alternator. i brought the battery to autozone for them to get to see if its good. the tester confirmed it was good, but it was very very low, so im keeping it there for it to be fully charged. so that made me think more, if the battery was completly dead, my alternator probably went on me. cause if the alternator is dead, im just running off the battery which in turn drained the shhhhh out of it.
 
no it is still in my car. im waiting on the battery to be fully charged, so when i hook up i know that the battery is fine. im having a buddy of mine helping me out, he said to wait till i get the battery back, so he can test both the alt & battery at the same time. i just hope it is the alternator, so i can swap it out with the orginal one, and crack the 160 amp alt over PA PERFORMANCES HEAD! but it is very weird i installed the 160 amp alternator like alil over a week ago.
 
ur car is in time out lol...

u raced such a sad piece of car and ur lincoln thought it did something bad to deserve that kind of punishment... so now it sits in the corner :p

i'd guess its the altinator.
 
i had my alternated replaced first time in Dec and 4th time in March
i yoused a alternator from Napa
i lurned that in my COntinental the best thing was to get motorcraf alternator and it hasn,t gone bad since
 
it was a screaming down race both times. i won both times by a car length he was pretty quick, we both got off the line almost together, he was up on me probably by half a car. then 1-2 next to each other, then the DOHC opened the f up, i got about a car length up on him then it was that way ever since. come on give me some love here, i need some kind of positiveness here during these dark times.....lol
 
Lincolns Own said:
ur car is in time out lol...

u raced such a sad piece of car and ur lincoln thought it did something bad to deserve that kind of punishment... so now it sits in the corner :p

i'd guess its the altinator.
Hey lets not bash on Mustangs,I've owned one since 1992.Its fast and reliable,runs low 12's AND gets 21 mpg,mine is set up for roadracing so it handles very well, 1 g on the skidpad. It's a real rice killer!!
 
i give stang props they stand there groun ok
my buddy has a 94 but i don,t like the insed i got no room in the passenger seat
 
The PA Performance alternator should have a lifetime warranty. If you also had the power wire upgrade kit, check the fuse. If you did not upgrade the power wire, it is recommended.
 
shhhhhhhheeet are you serious JP??? i need upgraded power wires, no one told me this. well i bought the alt from rustangs unlimited, but when i got the box it had PA performance all over it. yeah last night we did check the fuses, they are all good. also JP can you give me the link on the upgraded power wires? i would really appreicate it buddy.

*update* i got my battery back now i installed it car starts right up! but i know im not out of the woods yet going have to get this guy to come on over and take a look at it. but yeah all interior lights are bright as hell, no warning lights which is good.
 
thanks! quick question is it the "premium long" cables that our car uses? cause there are 4 other types.
 
JoeyLincolnMK8 said:
thanks! quick question is it the "premium long" cables that our car uses? cause there are 4 other types.

I THINK I ordered the premium short(31"). If so, I wish I had ordered the medium(48"). You want to run the cable to the battery stud on the power distribution(fuse) box(stud located under slide cover on the side of the box facing the rear). Do not eliminate the OEM wire.
 
JP i checked out your photo garage, what kind of battery terminals are those? they look really nice.
 
Definitely the alternator, mine did the same thing, ABS --> T/C --> Radar Detector --> Then pretty much stalling out... Replaced Alternator, battery terminals, no problem since... (Knock on wood!)

GL
 
JoeyLincolnMK8 said:
JP i checked out your photo garage, what kind of battery terminals are those? they look really nice.

Like JP said they are Stinger Expert Battery Terminals, but they do not make those specific ones any more. I can not find them anywhere, not even on ebay. What they do make are basically an upgrade from the ones JP has on his car, and I do also. The ones that I can find now are the ones that have the digital readout for voltage on them. Here is what they look like, it is the second one down on the right side, the first one is what I, and JP have on our cars. They (being the new ones) are exactly the same technology, but they have the digital readouts on them. Which of course makes them a bit more expensive too.....I will be switching to the new ones soon.

Darvex.com does not advertise the Expert series on his website. You have to email him to see what, if any, of the Expert series he carries any longer. If he does not have any of either one of the terminals, you can find them on ebay all the time, just not the ones that we have, but the digital ones.

Hope that helps.
:Beer
 

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