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the red wire shown was connected to a battery in trunk to alternator,i removed all that stuff and i just have red wire to alternator left where do i hook the wire up to get my original set up back,alternator has built in voltage reg.
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Sounds like it's a one wire alternator, you can hook it up at the closest direct connection to the battery, I would say the large pole on the starter where the battery cable is connected.
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well its a three wire internal with the red wire.how about connect to a 72 nova horn relay for power?
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Yes, you could do that.
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62 NovaWagon said:
Yes, you could do that.
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my positive cable to battery has second little plug attached to it can i just connect alternator red wire into that little pig tail?so that would be connecting red alternator wire into the battery,would i need a fuse link for that? or like i mention earlier red wire into horn relay would i need a fuse link for that connection as well? thanks
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No fusible link and yes you can connect to that pigtail at the battery, you'll have direct charge to the battery.
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62 NovaWagon said:
No fusible link and yes you can connect to that pigtail at the battery, you'll have direct charge to the battery.
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after removing battery from trunk to front connect cables to battery when i add neg cable to post the car tries to crank,but no power to car at all no cranking wires still connected to kill switch though but i turn kill switch on still no cranking or power.
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You have something hooked up somewhere to crank directly to the battery.
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62 NovaWagon said:
You have something hooked up somewhere to crank directly to the battery.
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see pics of how car was before i removed everything except the alternator red wire,see pics below.if i remove jumper wire from starter then it will not crank if i connect neg bat cable.
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WOW, looking at that if it was me I'd be ripping all that stuff out and start over the right way, the Ford solenoid is a good thing for direct 12V to the starter, but that's just me.
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62 NovaWagon said:
WOW, looking at that if it was me I'd be ripping all that stuff out and start over the right way, the Ford solenoid is a good thing for direct 12V to the starter, but that's just me.
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it all has been ripped out.
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Great, just wire it all up factory and you should be good to go.(y)
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62 NovaWagon said:
Great, just wire it all up factory and you should be good to go.(y)
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i still have no power after doing that. something has changed since we removed all that rear trunk stuff.
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Trace back your steps and check all grounds, you'll find it.
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