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Old Jun 12, 2013 | 11:04 PM
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back when i had to get my engine rebuilt i got it back and they had soldered some wires together, but everything worked so i didnt really bother to figure it out, now im curious.

the single red wire is from the ALT, then it splits into a red and black wire. black wire goes to the + terminal on the batter, the red goes into a plug, then the other end of the plug has a red wire that goes to a cluster of wires but idk what excatly to.


 
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Old Jun 12, 2013 | 11:05 PM
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Is that black wire the ONLY wire going from the alt to the batt +? If it is, you need a far larger wire for that.
 
Old Jun 13, 2013 | 01:24 AM
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im not worried about wire size being wrong, im wndering why the red wire from the alt splits into 2 wires instead of going from alt to batt.
 
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I would think that feed the forward harness and/fuse box in dash
 
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any other ideas?
 
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I believe that's power for head lights
 
Old Jun 14, 2013 | 08:19 AM
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just seems odd and out of place, exspecialy with that connector
 
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