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Battery not keeping good charge

I have changed alternators tried different battiers but still find my battery gauge still running under were it should I have a bad steering coloum and wouder if this could be part of the prolbem

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You might have a bad ground, there might be a problem with the wire from the alt to the battery you even might have a poor gauge, you need to take a multi meter to the battery with the truck running and find out the tru volts you cant allways trust a gauge. 

  • Eric Horner Feb 02, 2009

    It sounds like you might have a draw of sime kind

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