Originally Posted by 1990Fordf150v8
My question is well today I smelled wires burning and looked under the hood and the alternator was smoking from the big connector where it go's in, I pulled on it and the whole connector came out all melted. But all that is melted is the alternator part of the connecter that is in the alternator, nothing else not even the wires going to it. So what is going on? Did my alt. short out? Please let me know what all you think.
My advice to you is to ditch the stock "2G" alternator altogether and upgrade to a later model 130amp "3G" alternator from a 94-95 Mustang GT. The 2G alternator is good for NOTHING other than risking burning down the whole front end of your truck thanks to the faulty rectifier plug. I have done this swap to both my 1992 F150 5.0 and my 1990 Mustang LX 5.0 and the 3G will quite simply handle just about any electrical load you can throw at it.
