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This will be the second time I've attempted this.
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Since I'm doing the 3-wire, internally regulated alterator conversion, I think I can offer more detailed advice on doing this properly. It's up to you which installation you want to pursue. One nice thing about the alternators advertised as 1-wire alternators is that most of them appear to be capable of being wired up as 1-wire AND 3-wire. It's up to you to figure out what to do with the unneeded and dangling alternator pigtail. I'm not going to attempt explaining this, first because the 1-wire setup isn't street friendly, and second because I didn't do it this way on my car, so my advice would ring hollow in my own ears.
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The old 2-wire connector on your old alternator will no longer be necessary and the plug on the back of the newer style alternators is different anyway, so you can't plug it in without modifying it first. Once this adapter is installed all that's left for you to do is mount the alternator on the motor and run the charging cable from the alternator to your battery. Many companies, such as Chevy2Only or Mad Electrical, offer an adapter you can plug into your unmodified voltage regulator harness that jumpers the wires on the 4-wire regulator plug to allow the car to run properly without the voltage regulator hooked up. The only problem you may see is that you need to rev the engine higher in order to get the alternator to kick into charging mode.
Changing from 1963 m generator to alternator chevy truck install#
If you want to run the new alternator as a 1-wire alternator, which most people really don't think is a good idea on a street car, then the install is easy. Upgrading your alternator from externally to internally regulatedĪs part of the wiring upgrades on my car, I'm switching from the old 63amp, externally regulated, alternator to a newer style 100amp, internally regulated alternator hooked up using the 3-wire setup. Internally Regulated Alternator Conversion