I purchased my Alt. I thought I wanted a 1 wire setup but I was able to find a stock harness in good shape. So this new one had a regulator wired to the back of it.
Just take it off and use the fenderwell mounted regulator right? Sounds good.

So now it's been a while and my battery is defenitely not up to snuff. I start digging and fine that someone cut off the stator wire. Not only at the Alt but also in the harness itself.
So obviously I'm missing the stator wire but would the fact that the engine has only been run at low rpm's just in and out of the barn add to the problem?

Thought I read somewhere that alternators had to reach a certain rpm to provide recharging power.

I'm thinking the Alt should be fine as it was originally externally regulated and not wired any different inside.

Also my gage does not appear to be operational. Just stays the same all the time.

Whatcha think?