electrical problems please help
electrical problems please help
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From: atx
i wnt and looked and my alt. and it has no wires hooked to it and there are no wires hanging about that look like they go to it i read past threads and have diagram for wiring but i'm not really experienced in this my alt apears not to be marked and i can't tell where i should run my wires if i had any to run pls respond i terms i can understand thank you
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From: MCBH Kaneohe Bay, HI
Unless your alt has a special plug in adaptor, it should have 3 posts to where certain wires attach. You should have 1 black marked post, 1 red marked post, and one post with no markings on it. The red one has a wire that goes to the battery to charge it. The black one goes to ground. The unmarked one goes to eyour voltage regulator and/or voltage guage. Unless it has a plug-in adaptor, the voltage regulator is mounted on the pass. side fenderwell near the battery and under the starter relay.
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The ground cable from the battery should go to a stud on the side of the engine block near the front. Make sure you clean the connector and the place on the block where it bolts on. No oil, grease, corrosion, etc.... You want good clean bare metal and a good tight connection.
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thanks y'all my problem no is my starter won't disengage so to start it i have to just touch the starter cable to solenoid post and then pulloff
my ign switch is the rectangle box on top of steering column is ****ed so i pulled clip out of it and now all my electric stuff thats not direct to battery doesn't work so i ran wire direct from battery to coil to get it home and now my head light tail lights dash lights and power locks work but not pwr windows or blinkers or radio windsheild wipers or gauges what wires do i need to make a circuit on on that clip that went in to ign switch i know theres two yellow wires from battery and not much else pls help if you can and thanks to y'all that have been betsy needs all the help you she can get
my ign switch is the rectangle box on top of steering column is ****ed so i pulled clip out of it and now all my electric stuff thats not direct to battery doesn't work so i ran wire direct from battery to coil to get it home and now my head light tail lights dash lights and power locks work but not pwr windows or blinkers or radio windsheild wipers or gauges what wires do i need to make a circuit on on that clip that went in to ign switch i know theres two yellow wires from battery and not much else pls help if you can and thanks to y'all that have been betsy needs all the help you she can get