ok so im having some troble with the wires that are comming from the fenderwall/selinod box, to the alt.... i have a red wire, a black wire, a thicker black wire, and a another black wire with a red stripe... does any one know where they go on the alt

 

Ok,, I just ran out and looked at mine,,

Red wire=no red on mine only orange and the orange is the voltage regulator on the little post
black wire= ground find the ground on the alternator should be three little lines that look like an upside down christmass tree
black/red stripe= should be the ground attached to the engine block it will be split off of the little blackground wire coming offthe alternator and attached to the engine with a huge eyelet and a bolt
thick black= should be your hot wire straight from the hot side of the solinoid to the +on the alternator

let me know if it looks the same!

 

well i just looked at mine again... the red is some what orange....

but here are the labels on my alt...

i have posts called ....... STA, GRD, BATT, FLO, and one is not labled

so im guessing here that the big black wire goes to the BATT, the little black one goes to GRD, so would the orange go to FLO,

and the black with red stripe the eyelet is not all that big... nothing big enough for a bolt into the block so im lost

 

Well,, is the black/red stripeone tied into the little black ground?If so then just ground it to the firewall or a screw somewhere on the block or frame.

Knothing goes on the STA,, but the others are as you have put it.. You should be able to start her up and check to see if everything is working right by pulling the red battery cable off of the battery. If it stays running then its charging ,, if not then something is not hooked up right. Just dont hook the STA to ground like I did.. Itwont charge..

Sorry it took so long for the reply,, i got caught up in some TV show and laundry..

 

I forgot to ask,, why are you working on this in the first place? What was the original problem?

 

i was working on it because i pulled the motor out a while ago with ever thing... just got the motor finshed so im putting every thing back


thanks for the help

 

No problem man.. did you get it running yet? I will be in your shoes in the next week or so when I finally get my motor back in,, But then again ive been saying that for a month now...

 

dont worry man ive been saying it since april.... i bought the car and told every one i would have her running in a month tops.... here we are 4 months and 4 grand later and i still dont have her running..... just a little more work ... ill let you knoe how it comes along