68 Bronco. Just got it out of the body/paint shop after 1.5 years. Bugs are popping up now.
Appeared to have a bad battery (had to charge up a couple times) when leaving the paint shop so replaced it with new. This was 4 days ago. Was starting and running fine until last night. Cold starts not a problem - fired right up every time with the new battery. Last night while driving, my aftermarket radio was powering on and off. And the newer H4 LED headlights seemed to be on low light output but it had been quite a while since I had driven at night so I wasn't sure about that.
This morning on a cold start, it reluctantly fired up on first crank. Didn't think much of it. I drove it 2 miles down the road to a gas station to fill up. After it was gassed up, tried to start, and nothing. Would not turn over. A good samaritan stopped and jumped me. Took several minutes to charge up the battery enough to start it. Drove it 2 miles back to my garage. Shut off the engine and immediately tried to start it again. It started, barely. Shut it off and tried once more. And nothing...wouldn't even turn over.
Alternator is junk?
Thought maybe something was left on and was draining battery juice overnight, but now thinking that the radio powering in and out while driving last night is saying otherwise.
I'm a far cry from being a mechanic. Have not tested anything yet. Thought you all in here could give me some quick pointers!
Thanks in advance!
-Hank
Appeared to have a bad battery (had to charge up a couple times) when leaving the paint shop so replaced it with new. This was 4 days ago. Was starting and running fine until last night. Cold starts not a problem - fired right up every time with the new battery. Last night while driving, my aftermarket radio was powering on and off. And the newer H4 LED headlights seemed to be on low light output but it had been quite a while since I had driven at night so I wasn't sure about that.
This morning on a cold start, it reluctantly fired up on first crank. Didn't think much of it. I drove it 2 miles down the road to a gas station to fill up. After it was gassed up, tried to start, and nothing. Would not turn over. A good samaritan stopped and jumped me. Took several minutes to charge up the battery enough to start it. Drove it 2 miles back to my garage. Shut off the engine and immediately tried to start it again. It started, barely. Shut it off and tried once more. And nothing...wouldn't even turn over.
Alternator is junk?
Thought maybe something was left on and was draining battery juice overnight, but now thinking that the radio powering in and out while driving last night is saying otherwise.
I'm a far cry from being a mechanic. Have not tested anything yet. Thought you all in here could give me some quick pointers!
Thanks in advance!
-Hank