losing charge on 1990 pickup v6 SR5

[drewdude]

hey guys i'm a newbie to this site but last night i was DD for a bunch of friends and as I pulled into my buddy's driveway I lost a lot of charge and the truck idoled below 300rpm and i just shut it off looking to save some juice for diognostic purposes.

for the last week 2 lights would flicker on and off on my dashboard, the battery light and the brake light the 2 lights that come on for start up so i figured it was just some wires a little messed in the ignition.

also a month back i replace my old altenator with a pretty much brand new second hand one. Is there anything else that could be the cause of this other then the altenator?

thanks for reading.

[inafogg]

hey drew it could be just a bad/loose ground??have you ck.

[drewdude]

hey man i actually did not... thanks for that!

[fourwd1]

The CHARGE and BRAKE lights on at the same time are Toyotas way of telling you there's an alternator problem. It can be a loose or corroded connection, but it's usually the brushes.

[fasttoyotapu]

also check the connections on the alt. itself. some times if they aren't fully tightened down, they often come loose and give you a whole world of problems.

[Kyle4130]

either the battery is bad or the alternator is bad.