Great White Taco build

A little low; between 13.8 and 14.5

 

I dont know what it could be then. Alternator is a couple weeks old. Battery is 3.5 years.

Maybe I need to go for a nice long drive to get things charged up? Ive only been doing city driving to work.

 

You could go spelunking with a multimeter

 

You could pull it and have the experts at AutoZone test it

 

Man, I had to pull it to replace alternator. Even for stock, its a heavy bitch. I have it date stamped 12/2019

 

Believe me, I know.

What was it at idle before the alternator swap?

 

I dont remember, maybe 14.1-3 ?

 

Bad replacement alternator? It should be putting out more than that.

 

That was my thought

 

Its been a few weeks though?

Could it be that I havent driven on the highway for more than a couple weeks? like battery is dying and hasnt been getting a decent charge?

 

What’s that have to do with anything?

 

like if ive only been driving at under 45mph, then the battery isnt getting fully charged. My Scangauge isnt reading alternator volts, its reading battery volts

 

I think that’s normal. If you want more I believe you need the voltage booster. Link to a thread that talks about that.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/the-northstar-agm-battery-voltage-booster-upgrade.604478/

 

Thanks for the link. I had a voltage booster a long time ago, but i dont think they work well with a non-agm battery. Might even damage/shorten the life

 

Oh I didn’t know it was non AGM. Should have with your “standard battery” wording. I think that voltage is pretty good then. Shouldn’t a standard battery be around 12.6volts?

 

I am not sure.

But on the drive home from work this morning, Scangauge said 14.0-2 all the way (2.6 miles). I just woke up, but im going to take it for a long highway drive today to charge the battery

 

Hey Dave did you switch yer Dakars to Deavers yet??














Worth it

 

Sure is!!

 

I have them but haven't switched yet. My driveway has a slight slope to it, it always sketches me out when i put the truck up on stands. Im going to reach out to @Mojo Jojo or possibly @LocoLocal to use their flat driveways soon

 

I was dealing with similar situation in my driveway, slope and some angle. By the way, Deaver leafs so much heavier than Dakars!!
As for ubolts, I've gotten 8.875" ones ( edit with Durobumps flip kit from OptOffRoad) and cut them down ~ 1/2"