Hey all. I have searched and read as much as I can find about doing this swap. Last year I converted to fuel injection, electric fans and serpentine belt. I originally used the brown alternator wire until one day it stopped charging. After checking the wire, I found it no longer had 12 volts to it so I started using the old choke heater wire. It was fine until about a month ago. My original alternator suddenly started over charging. Being short on cash I picked up a used one and put it in. It worked for a day and also failed. This one put out no voltage. I then picked up another alternator, this one is remanufactured. Drove the car all week to work until Thursday night, when I notice the gauge isn't showing that the car is charging. So I get home, get a meter and start checking things. I unplugged the alternator connector checked voltage on the brown wire. Yup voltage is there. I plug the connector back in and the alternator starts singing. Now its putting out 13+ volts. I will say the connector came out kind of easy, like it might not have been plugged in completely. Anyway, these are my questions.
Is any of this just random chance?
Did I just get a series of questionable alternators or is something now blowing them up? I have measured resistance on the brown excite wire, and I get about 500 ohms. I measured from the connector to the battery positive with the ignition on, correct? I want to solve this because I miss driving the car.
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Is any of this just random chance?
Did I just get a series of questionable alternators or is something now blowing them up? I have measured resistance on the brown excite wire, and I get about 500 ohms. I measured from the connector to the battery positive with the ignition on, correct? I want to solve this because I miss driving the car.
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