Expedition

[Lou Scunt]

Success.. fired up the first time. I may need an alternator though. I let it run for about an hour, shut it off, and immediately tried to start it again, and the dome light didn't even turn on. It's weird, because it ran for so long after I jumped it, but 100% dead the second I turned it off. Any thoughts on that?

Again, thanks for the advice, it was very helpful.

Bad battery. If you get it running again, put a volt meter on the battery, should be running 13.5 - 14 volts. If lower than 12volts then you need an alternator. I'm guessing your battery is probally bad though.
The alternator was what kept it running for so long.

+1

battery's a cheaper fix too, and I agree this sounds more like a dead battery than a bad alternator