Alternator pigtail question
07-28-2010, 10:06 PM
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Alternator pigtail question All the parts stores around aren't able to get the pigtail for a 99, so I got one for a 98. From what I've found, the 98's exciter wire is different than 99+...something about they have an in-line resistor. The exciter wire is one red wire and the pig tail I have has four wires coming out of it so I just chose a wire on the pigtail to connect it to.
My alternator isn't charging and I'm lost. I have 12 volts coming through the pigtail but I don't know if it matters what wire I have the exciter wire hooked up to or if the pigtail will even work?
ANY help would be awesome. my car's been on jackstands for about 3 months so I need to get this figured out.
My alternator isn't charging and I'm lost. I have 12 volts coming through the pigtail but I don't know if it matters what wire I have the exciter wire hooked up to or if the pigtail will even work?
ANY help would be awesome. my car's been on jackstands for about 3 months so I need to get this figured out.
07-28-2010, 10:24 PM
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All the parts stores around aren't able to get the pigtail for a 99, so I got one for a 98. From what I've found, the 98's exciter wire is different than 99+...something about they have an in-line resistor. The exciter wire is one red wire and the pig tail I have has four wires coming out of it so I just chose a wire on the pigtail to connect it to.
My alternator isn't charging and I'm lost. I have 12 volts coming through the pigtail but I don't know if it matters what wire I have the exciter wire hooked up to or if the pigtail will even work?
ANY help would be awesome. my car's been on jackstands for about 3 months so I need to get this figured out.
My alternator isn't charging and I'm lost. I have 12 volts coming through the pigtail but I don't know if it matters what wire I have the exciter wire hooked up to or if the pigtail will even work?
ANY help would be awesome. my car's been on jackstands for about 3 months so I need to get this figured out.
07-29-2010, 01:00 AM
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Well my factory one is long gone or I would try that. For about a year I just had a plain crimp style connecter on it, but I can't recall which alternator pin I had it connected to. I'm having some crazy alternator problems so I'm trying to think of ANYTHING that is causing my car not to charge.
07-29-2010, 02:14 AM
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Yes it definitely matters. Thanks to google and some old school ls1tech post I figured it out. The exciter wire connects to the alternator on the second pin from the drivers side and I had it connected to the first one.
07-29-2010, 02:28 AM
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oh is that what you were asking? thats easy man, all you gotta do is look in the clip on the alternator and you can easily see what port on the clip you need...
