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Old 03-22-2005, 11:57 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by the head
This problem is VERY common on old fords and it is usually either the voltage regulator or the starter seloniod

The regs go out on a semi regular basis especially if the vehicle uses a lot of electrical current

I finally went over to a single wire alternator like hot rods use it moves all of the electronics into the alt plus uses a GM style internal reg to increase reliability.

Where can i find one of these? As mentioned before i don't know too much about alternators, and if this type of thing is going to happen reguraly then i would like to avoid the headache and switch to what you are talking about.

thanks for the heads up,
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