cd.thomson
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| posted on 10/1/10 at 08:30 PM |
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battery - alternator - starter
before i go filtering through wiring diagrams, misunderstanding and bodging my first job could anyone describe this bit of wiring? I'm fairly
certain its not a tricky one but may require some knowledge of the redtop??
battery has a +ve and -ve terminal :p
heres my alternator
heres my starter
thanks and thanks again 
Craig
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dinosaurjuice
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| posted on 10/1/10 at 08:34 PM |
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-ve goes to chassis usually. so the +ve will go the main terminal on starter, and same on alternator.
youll also need an earth strap to go from chassis/battery to engine block for everything to work.
Will
[Edited on 10/1/10 by dinosaurjuice]
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 10/1/10 at 08:50 PM |
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cheers will! i saw your rocket at newark i think, and (blasphemy!) i loved the noise 
now to figure out which terminal is which 
[Edited on 10/1/10 by cd.thomson]
Craig
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dinosaurjuice
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| posted on 10/1/10 at 08:59 PM |
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edit: picture below looks right!
its a strange sounding beast
[Edited on 10/1/10 by dinosaurjuice]
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 10/1/10 at 09:01 PM |
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Delco-Remy Alternator
The smaller connection is most likely the ignition (charge) warning lamp, but could also be a remote sense line. Is there any marking next to it?
 
Starter Motor
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 10/1/10 at 09:03 PM |
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there is no marking but I believe its the charge warning light.
cheers both of you, thats make my furtling on the car this week much easier
Craig
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02GF74
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| posted on 11/1/10 at 10:46 AM |
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that alternator is a biggun!!! you gonna fit a huuge serao system?
yep - the above look correct - the alternator body is the earth - clean up the mounting lugs and all will be fine - no need for ay extra wire.
it is hard to tel from photo but the two scew terminals look like thy are connected together by a metal plate - can you cehck that they are insulated
from each other, if not, then question arises as to where the charge lamp is fitted.
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 11/1/10 at 01:15 PM |
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reading the premier wiring guide and this website am I right in thinking that
rather than fitting two separate wires from the battery to the starter and the battery to the alternator I can connect the battery +ve to the starter
then the same starter terminal to the alternator?
the plate theyre on is brown plastic so must be insulating them from each other.
haha, I did want a snazzy denso one but couldnt afford it 
[Edited on 11/1/10 by cd.thomson]
Craig
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