{"id":36067,"date":"2016-08-26T15:36:43","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T20:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=36067"},"modified":"2016-08-26T15:36:43","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T20:36:43","slug":"not-charging-1997-ford-f350-7-3-diesel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2016\/08\/not-charging-1997-ford-f350-7-3-diesel","title":{"rendered":"Not Charging 1997 ford f350 7.3 diesel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36158\" src=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/1997-ford-f350.jpg\" alt=\"1997 Ford F350\" width=\"596\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/1997-ford-f350.jpg 596w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/1997-ford-f350-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/>My vehicle will not charge. I have changed the batteries and alternator. I pulled the ground lines and cleaned them along with the positive cables. When the alternator is on the vehicle it checks bad and is not charging. When it is off the vehicle it checks good. I was told the voltage regulator was bad so I changed it and still not charging. I did get a reading with a volt meter that showed I had a good reading when one wire was on the positive cable and the other was on the wires from the alternator the case, the bracket but when I put it on the block I got a reading of not ground.??????can you advise what I should do next its driving me crazy as I am not a very good mechanic.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>RESPONSE<\/p>\n<p>Sounds like a wiring issue. You may have a bad ground or a shorted wire. Or maybe a bad inline fusible link. The bad fusible link is the most common cause. Isolate the wire and check for continuity on either side to see if it is bad. Unless you have a 215 amp alternator then the &#8220;Fuse Link J&#8221; is replaced with a large 300 amp fuse. Use the <a href=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/wiringdiagrams.html\">wiring diagram<\/a> to assist in checking your charging system.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/wiringproblems%206.html\">How to use a Multi-meter<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Charging System Wiring Diagram 1997 Ford F350 7.3L Diesel<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div id=\"wppdfemb-frame-container-0\" style=\"-webkit-overflow-scrolling:auto;\">\n\t\t\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?index=1&#038;pdfID=0&#038;pdfemb-serveurl=%2F%2Fwww.freeautomechanic.com%2Fmechanic%2Fforum%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsecurepdfs%2F2016%2F08%2F1997-ford-f350-7.3L-charging-circuit-1-of-1.pdf\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"wppdf-emb-iframe-0\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-pdf-index=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"pdfembed-iframe nonfullscreen\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"border:none;width:100%;max-width:500px;min-height:500px\"\n\t\t\t\tscrolling=\"yes\">\n\t\t\t<\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My vehicle will not charge. I have changed the batteries and alternator. I pulled the ground lines and cleaned them along with the positive cables. When the alternator is on the vehicle it checks bad and is not charging. When it is off the vehicle it checks good. I was told the voltage regulator was&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2016\/08\/not-charging-1997-ford-f350-7-3-diesel\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Not Charging 1997 ford f350 7.3 diesel<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13875,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[52,10877,10878],"class_list":["post-36067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","category-ford","tag-charging","tag-f350-diesel","tag-not-charging"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.0 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Not Charging 1997 ford f350 7.3 diesel - FreeAutoMechanic Advice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I have changed the batteries and alternator. 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