please help asap road trip tomorrow

[kevin ross]

have a 05 excursion with 6.0 liter.
had problems with banks intercooler boot blowing off at the turbo and possibly banged into the alternator causing it to arc????? repaired boot and went for test ride and truck died due to no voltage. removed alternator and had it tested and its good. checked wiring near it for possible damage and found none. alternator is not charging batteries. have 2 red top optimas ??????????????? any relays to check or fuses im lost need help going to colorado tomorrow from texas and dont want to rent a neon or some other pile to drive.

[mustangz]

You need to check and see if there is power going to your alt.I am not sure if there is a fuse for the charging system or not.Most of the vehicles I have seen it is a fuseable link made into the wire.Good luck.

[kevin ross]

yes i have power going to alternator and no fuse in line

[Dave]

Have the alternator retested at a place that rebuilds them. More than one occasion I have had a starter or alternator tested by auto parts stores and they show good there. but in fact they are not

[kevin ross]

had both alternators tested the old and new at 2 different places. do you know if there is a fuse or relay to check???

[Marty]

Ok I see you already posted and you've got some responses...


here's a free bump

[kevin ross]

yes but still nothing works

[wtprez]

I can't help you with your electrical problem, but I think I found a way to stop the boot from blowing off. I had the same problem with mine. It happened to me at least four times. I figured it was the hose flexing that gradually worked the clamp off. If the hose had a lip on it, I think it wouldn't be a problem. I put three metal straps that go from clamp to clamp to keep them from spreading apart. It hasn't blown off since I did it. I would post a pic but my truck is with Marc getting new heads & ARP studs. My only concern is that the straps my wear a hole in the boot. It sure beats doing roadside repairs once a month. It always seemed to happen when it was 105.

[Colorado Fireman]

No advice here but I hope you get er running cause it is snowing here.

[kevin ross]

Thanks for the help guys. It turned out that the intercooler pipe hit the alternator power connection when it blew off and caused a fusable link to burn up. We replace the lead to the alternator whith some 2 gage stereo wire and a 200A fuse. I talked to my friend yesterday and he was almost to Colorado everything working fine.