Alternator ain't a chargin' 84 glt

[Jack]

Jesus Christ dude

Buy new positive and negative battery cables on amazon - cheapest I could find but for some reason negative won’t ship to California… probably doesn’t have a cancer warning on it



You battery connections look like dog shit

Also at some point soon or already needs to be done … battery is from 2021… 4 years old so it’s probably done for too

 

[Toybox]

All that vitriol against the electrical stuff, and you didn't comment on the suitcase strap with S-hooks holding it down?

I wouldn't condemn a battery based purely on age, if it still reliably does the job. And yes, the cables are the wrong color, but they don't look as if they're in poor shape (as much as one can tell in a photo.) Certainly not dog shit... not compared to some of the cars I've seen and/or purchased.

IF the cable and connections are still solid enough to start the car, that means they're good enough to allow an alternator/battery to do their little charging dance... in which case I don't see how any of this is contributing to the OP's original reported problem. IF I've captured that correctly, then I'd recommend fixing only one thing at a time, otherwise you start finding yourself in a situation with 76 brand new parts and no easy way to tell which one(s) are defective.

Then go fix your cables properly.

 

[Jack]

I got more to add

All that vitriol against the electrical stuff, and you didn't comment on the suitcase strap with S-hooks holding it down?

I wouldn't condemn a battery based purely on age, if it still reliably does the job. And yes, the cables are the wrong color, but they don't look as if they're in poor shape (as much as one can tell in a photo.) Certainly not dog shit... not compared to some of the cars I've seen and/or purchased.

IF the cable and connections are still solid enough to start the car, that means they're good enough to allow an alternator/battery to do their little charging dance... in which case I don't see how any of this is contributing to the OP's original reported problem. IF I've captured that correctly, then I'd recommend fixing only one thing at a time, otherwise you start finding yourself in a situation with 76 brand new parts and no easy way to tell which one(s) are defective.

Then go fix your cables properly.

… I was focusing on the charging issue and didn’t want to mention the other stuff like flopping in the wind IAC or relays screwed in all over the place…

batteries used to last a long time and the 240s don’t need many CCA to start but I would put monies down that “tested” battery ain’t got much life


There’s always a worse example for just about everything…

$40-50 for brand new positive and negative battery cables ain’t nothing compared to the headache avoided


These days that’s a ~tank of gas in a 240!

 

[JoeLouis]

I will keep these observations in mind... and update when I can... thanks for the feedback.