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#86157 05/05/2005 6:37 AM | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 17 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 17 | Now that I have installed my alternator I am kind of stuck on how to wire this thing up. My alternator is NOT a one wire alternator. It is the other kind. I also have the metal box looking thing on the fire wall where some of the wires went to the generator. They are labeled: Batt, F, and A. Am I still going to be utilizing this box with my alternator conversion? It says Borg Warner on it. I also purchased a DA plug from Patrick's. It has two wires coming from it. A yellow and a red that go into a flat style plug. I do know that the plug fits into the alternator.
One more thing, when I change out my ignition coil how do I know whether or not I need to use a ballist resistor. How do you tell if it already has an internal one or if I need to use an external one?
Joe
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#86158 05/05/2005 4:31 PM | Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 124 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 124 | Wiring is simple.....The wires from the BATT wire of the old regulator go to the 10/32 stud on the back of the alternator marked BATT. The red wire of the DA Plug also goes to that same stud, it is there to tell the internal regulator what to do. The yellow wire goes to the positive post of the ignition coil. Tape all of the remaining wire back in the harness and they will be there if someone wants to restore everything someday....
As for the ignition coil most will say on the coil no external ballast resistor required. I use the Echlin IC64 which are very reliable and DO NOT need an external ballast resistor which is the weak link in the original ignition system. THat is why most people carried a spare in the glove box in the old days.
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#86159 05/06/2005 2:14 AM | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1,271 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1,271 |
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#86160 05/06/2005 8:05 PM | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 17 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 17 | Thanks for the help. Just to clarify, I will no longer be utilizing the regulator box with the 12v conversion, right? Thanks again Joe
Joe
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#86161 05/06/2005 9:00 PM | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1,271 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1,271 | Your alternator should have a built-in regulator .. if so, you won't need the regulator box anymore. For more info about the way I set up my alternator, with the terminal blocks you see in my diagram above, Read This
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