Help! Truck on side of road. Voltage steadily dropped to 7.5 volts and died

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(03-25-2023 )ktblogistics Wrote:  had a situation where positive stud on alternator was loose and voltage changed when moved it, easy to damage stud when removing old alternator

The first things I checked were the batteries cables I disconnected to remove the alternator in order to put the new water pump in and also the alternator cables thinking those were the culprits but didn’t find any loose.