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Broncohog
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alternator conversion

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I'm restoring a 67 f100 and i have replaced the original alternator with external voltage regulator with a one wire alternator. My question is what do i do with the extra wires that the new alternator doesn't need, and the voltage regulator itself for that matter? Thanks
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Re: alternator conversion

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I put a one wire chebby alternator on my old EB, (love the simplicity of them-especially on a swamp buggy that went 30 miles from the nearest paved road) and just cut the old four wire alternator harness out and insulated the ends of the wiring.
I wouldn't cut them back too far as you might want to go back to them someday. :2cents:
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Re: alternator conversion

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The red and yellow wires go to the ammeter gauge can be taped up incase you want to use them later. If you get your ammeter guage converted to a volt meter you can use them two wires. Or you could wire them into a aftermarket gauge I don't think there is much need for the rest of the wires.
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Re: alternator conversion

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Thanks guys, sorry for the delayed response.
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