Dat521sun

The piston in the wheel cylinder made a nick in the housing preventing the piston to move back. Replaced the wheel cylinder. Replaced old brake shoes (they came off of the lining) now new brake shoes seems bigger, can't get the drum in. Adjuster assembly all the way in, still won't fit.

I had a slow crank, usually smoke from solenoid.

***Update*** got it, after so many tries, back and forth, the whole problem was a bad starter. I replaced the starter and everything worked like it should, running strong. Was lazy the whole pandemic and kept the truck parked, now my rear brakes are locked 😆 I apologize for taking this long to update. Thanks for all the comments and help.

Just finished installing the new alternator from rockauto.com, ign light came up as normal and the off. But I was getting low voltage, 12.40 at idle, and 12.16 revving. Then, ign light came back one. Decided to do a test running a wire from fuse box to alternator to check. No I'm getting 13.76 at idle. Problem is that I'm over 17.09 when revving. I'm guessing I have a bad wire in the wire harness and I need a new voltage regulator. Any suggestions?

Autozone kept selling me the wrong one(system says external regulated but they are internally regulated). They took it back and gave me my money. Ordered one from rockauto.com I'll keep you guys posted.

I read your post, for the dragon 521, that's why I made the fuse box, followed your instructions. Same way to removed the amp meter, you explained how to install it, I just went backwards and removed mine(previous owner made a mess with the wires) I just bought a Pathfinder alternator to match your post and fix this charging mess in my 521 I'll do the test light to the "L" terminal tomorrow morning. Thanks

Both VR smoked out. This alternator is extremely weird, makes a ticking sound when truck is off. Also, there's a ticking sound behind the dash, near the key (like a solenoid sound) So, bypass everything, just connect the pos and the neg? Don't worry about the t plug?

Been stranded at night (not once, but twice) in a high traffic area in Orlando, FL with my 11 year daughter and no battery, so no emergency lights, deadly and scary... People don't care... But what can I do I learned to carry 2 extra batteries with me

Ground, checked! Both, the ground from block and ground from VR are there, made new wires and clean bolts.

Honestly, I ordered an external regulated alternator, that's the one pictured. I did the installation and light turned off, a week later, truck died, dead battery

Even if I go with a internal regulated newer alternator, how would I know I'm not getting a junk?

Yes, they were wrong. I followed my wires instead of VR wires, now my light is on (constantly) at least now the truck is telling me is not charging 😉

I followed the info from another post here in Ratsun.

What happened?

Disconnected jumper, turned key off and truck turned off