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phatboi77@hotmail.com - 16 Oct 2006 23:05 GMT

I've got a 1999 Ford Ranger V6 4wdr that has a bit of an issue.

The lights flicker when on. The battery light, dashboard lights and
interior light all flicker the same. Anyone know what might be causing
this??

Thanks,

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Don Bruder - 17 Oct 2006 00:15 GMT

> I've got a 1999 Ford Ranger V6 4wdr that has a bit of an issue.
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> Thanks,

Anybody besides me putting their money on "bad ground"?

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Comboverfish - 17 Oct 2006 01:05 GMT

> > I've got a 1999 Ford Ranger V6 4wdr that has a bit of an issue.
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> Anybody besides me putting their money on "bad ground"?

Or a bad regulator in his alternator. The lights are the only
unregulated loads that the customer would notice, so his observation
doesn't rule out a complete system voltage fluctuation. It could be an
open from the alternator positive stud to the battery as well. This
Ford is certainly a candidate for a check of the battery wires,
connections, and alternator output under load.

Toyota MDT in MO

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Hank - 22 Oct 2006 15:14 GMT

It could be the little ground screw on the alternator. Had that
problem yesterday...
Hank

>> I've got a 1999 Ford Ranger V6 4wdr that has a bit of an issue.
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>Anybody besides me putting their money on "bad ground"?

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