Originally Posted by Hotrod Lincoln
RUN- - - -do not walk away from that style of alternator. When they were brand new in 1965 they were junk, and time hasn't made them any better. The external regulators give a truckload of problems and you need an idiot light or at least a 100 ohm resistor in the circuit to energize the alternator field circuit. Get a 10-SI type alternator with an internal regulator and a simple 2-wire exciter harness to make it work properly. I'm about 40 miles from Estill Springs- - - -get the right alternator and I'll be glad to help you wire it up.
Jerry
Jerry. I have the 10-SI type alternator ordered and it should be here Thursday. I will need info on how to wire it, going from wiring with a regulator to this.

Thanks,
Darrell

Last edited by Darrell Day; 10/15/2024 7:59 PM.