Need Help with 3G Swap Please
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Need Help with 3G Swap Please
Ok so i have been considering a 3G swap for awhile now but never pulled the trigger.
I was at the junkyard today amd found a 93 Taurus so i decided to go ahead and grab one.
I pulled the alternator and the wires. I got the big black/orange and yellow/white all the way back to the fuse box and green/red i cut right before the big woring harness. Did i miss something?
Just to make sure ive got it right, i need to connect the big black/orange which is connected to the yellow/white into an eyelit connector, to the 175a megafuse then to the side of the starter solenoid that the + side of the battery goes to, the black/white wire is already plugged into the back of the alternator. What about the green/red?
And as im looking at my old alternator and voltage regulator i realized i dont have a wire coming from the "I" terminal of the regulator. My green/red on my regulator comes out of the "s" terminal.
What all do i take out of the old stuff? Do i take the whole regulator out?
I was at the junkyard today amd found a 93 Taurus so i decided to go ahead and grab one.
I pulled the alternator and the wires. I got the big black/orange and yellow/white all the way back to the fuse box and green/red i cut right before the big woring harness. Did i miss something?
Just to make sure ive got it right, i need to connect the big black/orange which is connected to the yellow/white into an eyelit connector, to the 175a megafuse then to the side of the starter solenoid that the + side of the battery goes to, the black/white wire is already plugged into the back of the alternator. What about the green/red?
And as im looking at my old alternator and voltage regulator i realized i dont have a wire coming from the "I" terminal of the regulator. My green/red on my regulator comes out of the "s" terminal.
What all do i take out of the old stuff? Do i take the whole regulator out?
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Thank you for that. I was using the same one from a similar thread but my question is what specifically do i tie the green/red wire into? That bottom picture helped but still dont know where it goes
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I just cut that wire in the picture, and tied it into it. Wrapped it in electrical tape.
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Ok thanks alot that really helped. Thats what i though i needed to do but didnt want to cut anything before i knew for sure it was right. I dont do alot of wiring so i appreciate the help
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Just to clarify why im a little confused... while reading the thread about this swap i have been getting mixed messages.
The thread says that the green/red wire should tie into the old "I" terminal from the old voltage regulator. My G/R wire from the original VR is in the "S" slot. Dont know if it doesnt matter and im overthinking but just want to make sure.
<a href="http://s1344.photobucket.com/user/amseibert26/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150324_122322_zpstnvir4aw.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p643/amseibert26/Mobile%20Uploads/20150324_122322_zpstnvir4aw.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 20150324_122322_zpstnvir4aw.jpg"/></a>
The thread says that the green/red wire should tie into the old "I" terminal from the old voltage regulator. My G/R wire from the original VR is in the "S" slot. Dont know if it doesnt matter and im overthinking but just want to make sure.
<a href="http://s1344.photobucket.com/user/amseibert26/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150324_122322_zpstnvir4aw.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p643/amseibert26/Mobile%20Uploads/20150324_122322_zpstnvir4aw.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 20150324_122322_zpstnvir4aw.jpg"/></a>
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So if im correct what i need to do is cut the old G/R wire before the voltage regulator and then splice in the new G/R to the old plug and use the same original 2 prong plug? The one with the G/R and the Yellow for the horn?
Or do you just go past the plug and splice the wires directly together bypassed the plug?
Or do you just go past the plug and splice the wires directly together bypassed the plug?
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And then take the large Black/Orange power wire from the 3G, cut it, put eyelits on it and attach to a 175a megafuse, then the other end to the battery side of the solenoid. Then loop the Yellow/White wire from the 3G back to the post where the pwer wire connects on the back of the 3G?
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So if im correct what i need to do is cut the old G/R wire before the voltage regulator and then splice in the new G/R to the old plug and use the same original 2 prong plug? The one with the G/R and the Yellow for the horn?
Or do you just go past the plug and splice the wires directly together bypassed the plug?
Or do you just go past the plug and splice the wires directly together bypassed the plug?
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I also looked some time back, there are 3G conversion pigtails on Ebay now?
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