Alternator wire help?
07-30-2007, 01:29 AM
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Alternator wire help? Alright so I've been losing volts on the gauge lately . . . sometimes it would be 14 area and other times it would drop all the way to 8 and I'd lose everything in the car. If i hit a bump power would come back sometimes. Checked out the alternator and removed the main power wire and this is what i found
Question now, should I cut off that wire and expose some new wire and put a new connector on? Also does this wire run straight to the battery? Should I just put in a new wire going to the battery if so? I heard something about diodes in another thread but don't know. Thanks.
Question now, should I cut off that wire and expose some new wire and put a new connector on? Also does this wire run straight to the battery? Should I just put in a new wire going to the battery if so? I heard something about diodes in another thread but don't know. Thanks.
07-30-2007, 04:20 PM
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Id follow that wire to the other end and remove it completely and then run a new 4ga wire from the alt straight to the battery or the aux power terminal. Im in the NW burbs if you need a hand and I have tons of 4ga wire your welcome to
07-30-2007, 09:15 PM
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Thanks guys but there were any responses when I got to work on it today, i was able to expose some fresh wire and put another crimp connector on. Just needed to get the car back on the road. I will be upgrading that wire over winter when she's shut down. So i wouldn't have any issues running a new wire from there to the battery right? Nothing else is needed?
07-30-2007, 10:00 PM
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Just watch the voltage. If you see fluctuation's again, replace it now. That wire is pretty corroded and it's been re-crimped once since that isn't the factory lug. It won't be a hard job to re-do the alt wire. It'll only take a couple feet as in 3-4 max, but a couple lugs and some convoluted tubing or Split-Loom tubing. It's about a $20 job and maybe about 1 hour max work.
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Originally Posted by Richiec77
Just watch the voltage. If you see fluctuation's again, replace it now. That wire is pretty corroded and it's been re-crimped once since that isn't the factory lug. It won't be a hard job to re-do the alt wire. It'll only take a couple feet as in 3-4 max, but a couple lugs and some convoluted tubing or Split-Loom tubing. It's about a $20 job and maybe about 1 hour max work.
Originally Posted by transam5.7lt1
Must be your HIDs....... hehehe, j/k!
