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Old 02-05-2012, 10:30 AM
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Unhappy lights flicker, truck dead

Driving home from fishing trip last night the lights startied flickering, check gauges light came on, battery gauges topped out. Turned on to my road, battery gauge went back to normal. Parked in driveway, shut off engine,tried to restart, no power anywhere. please any input would be apreciated. Thanks
Old 02-05-2012, 01:21 PM
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it sounds like either the alternator went bad and or maybe the battery shorted out inside or you hsver a bad ground somewhere
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What year?
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Lucas electrics.......

No really, we need a little more info.
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It's broke.
Start with the basics. Battery condition. Battery connections. Grounds and general harness condition.

From there on you test and follow the results.
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