Re: Alternator Question....
Posted by:
PwrWgnDrvr
(207.200.116.---)
Posts: 1,438
Date: August 23, 2009 09:00AM
John, u need to use the old style regulator, which matches your old alternator. U will then have to modify the harness to connect to it.
Would be better to use the later electronic regulator and replace the alternator with a new style isolated field unit (the one with 2 field wire connections).
If u are electrotechnically oriented, it is possible to convert the old style alternator. If u look at the back of the alt, u will see the second field wire is connected directly to the case with a screw. By installing the later style connector and spade lug under the screw, that wire can be insulated from ground, which is what the difference between the new and old style units is.