Well sounds like your best bet now, especially being that you had them test the stuff is a trip to radio shack and get a fairly decent multi meter all you need is one with volts and one with amps, ohms are nice too. Your looking at about 20$ for the low end but it should suffice 50$ will get you a nice one I have the digital one from radio shack cat number 22-811
Its awesome i use it for all my computer testing stuff and car stuff, easy to use and precise/accurate as well.

Gun

 

i tried that and i followed the wires exactly the way my old alternator was in there

 

Kstang is more than likely right!

 

hey gun jam is the thing easy to use cuz i wouldnt even know how to use that to test my car with it

 

well i could triple check the wiring but i wouldnt know that to refrence it to if anybody could send me a pick that would be helpful

 

yeah its pretty easy
for volts set it to dc and test across + to + - to -
current you test through by removing one lead from the battery and hooking the meter between the disconnected lead and the post while set to dc amp

But Kstang is almost dead on I bet You may have to take it somewhere to have them sort out the wiring did you tag the wires before you removed them so you know where they went?

Gun

 

i always tag my wires when ever i replace them, thats why its hard to believe that its the wiring cuz before i put in the new alt. this just started out of the blue with my old alt

 

they may have switched the pattern on you
basically the red one goes to + black to - and stator white to S

but thats just a guess im not sure what type of alt you have did you get a diagram with it?

Gun

 

well thanks for the info man i really do appreciate it...i will be checking back in im gonna go down to my car and see if i could mess with it

 

Oh yeah does you new alt have the same back plate shape as your old one?

They make 2 styles that I know of one is rounded, where the back plate meets the rest of the alt case its has a smooth curve to it

the other style where the back plate meets the rest of the alt it meets at 90 degrees and leaves a crisp edge no smooth curve

if you replaced a curved one with a crisp edge one then you will have a different wiring pattern.

Gun