It charges now! now for the "bad" news... After a mere 2-5 minutes
of running, the alternator got pretty darn hot... too hot to touch, but
not spit sizzling hot. My set up is: the old main wire for the
original remains the main for this alternator. I found the hot wire to
the old regulator and now that runs to the "blue" wire of the GM
plug... the black wire from the GM plug is run to the radio via a 16
guage wire. It charges great!! Full load, still going positive... only
problem is why that sucker gets so hot?? of course I should add that I
had the car outside and working in partial shade, but it's still about
95 degrees outside... so the car is now in the garage and cooling
down... will check again in about 3 hours or so... If anyone has any
suggestions, would love to hear them... Thanks in advance!
Eric
WyCROC
ps... MANY thanks to Tom Walter, Paul Kort, and David Pina for the
info!!!
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