HELP! Who has done a 3G Alt Conversion?
 

Help me out guys, give me a simple run down of what wires go where. I have 4 articles that all conflict eachother. Help!

RE: HELP! Who has done a 3G Alt Conversion?
 

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RE: HELP! Who has done a 3G Alt Conversion?
 

Might help if you said what problem you're having exactly!!!

RE: HELP! Who has done a 3G Alt Conversion?
 

i just did mine, alls you have to do is put an eye connector on the 2 fat wires, put a flat connector on the single white wire and the other plug goes right in its easy

RE: HELP! Who has done a 3G Alt Conversion?
 

something is draining my battery and the only thing I have touched is the alt (3g conversion) and the starter solenoid.

Okay here is what I did:

I cut the connector with the 2 black / orange wires and the single white / black.

I put eye connectors on the black / orange connectors and placed them on the alt + post.

I took the the small white / black wire and saudered it to the single connector and plugged everything up.

Thats it and its not working. I took the alt to get checked its good. Where did I go wrong here?

RE: HELP! Who has done a 3G Alt Conversion?
 

i think I found the problem..............hold on

RE: HELP! Who has done a 3G Alt Conversion?
 

fixed it!!!! ha ha ha aaaaahhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!@#@!!

Fock U $70 electrical shop diagnosis!


One of the wires going to the alt was fried! I love Ohm meters! Saved the day. Mine has a continuity tester takes makes this pretty little beep when there is continuity. Bingo! One of the wires had a bulge where the wire had fried>

Now I have 14.48 precious volts, aah ahh ahh!!!!!

RE: HELP! Who has done a 3G Alt Conversion?
 

i was just gonna say you prolly have a wiring problem lol, good to hear you fixed it

RE: HELP! Who has done a 3G Alt Conversion?
 

Thanks Snap,

That thing was driving me crazy. The new alt has a 8 inch space between the ears and factory is 7 so I kept swirching it back and forth and everytime I switched them I had to remove the bracket with then tensioner. Its a PITA! After taking both to Autozone at 2am to get checked I figured out the old alt was bad so then I knew it was the wiring somewhere. At first I couldnt find the short with my Ohm meter but after a couple hours bingo.

RE: HELP! Who has done a 3G Alt Conversion?
 

You know the stock wires can not take the amerage that the 3G puts out right?? Add a 4 guage from the alt to the solinoid. And disconnect the stock black power wires, but leave them on the solinoid end. You WILL have a fire if you don't do this.