Why is the charge gauge on my 1985 ford f150 reading very high?
After I installed a new alternator in my 1985 Ford F150 about a month & half ago the
charge gauge started to fluctuate, a mechanic friend checked the voltage & said it was
fine. Last weekend my daughter stopped & put gas in,truck would not start. She
thought she had flooded it, did what she was suppose to do when you flood your vehicle
truck still would not start. About a half hour later I went to start truck & it did not start
up right away like it normally did, when it did start a very loud squeal was coming from
under hood & the charge gauge was all the way to the right (past the c). I ended up
having to replace starter. The charge gauge is still all the way to the right, I also put in a
new voltage regulator thinking thats what the problem was. Old voltage regulator was
fine. What is causing charge gauge to read so high?