Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 20:25:46 -0500
Reply-To: Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
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From: Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Subject: Re: Battery Light
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Chris,
Did you get the email I sent with the picture that clearly showed that
the blue wire does NOT connect to the same place as the big red wires?
Mike
Christopher Gronski wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have run into a difference of opinion. I have it on good authority
> from several reliable sources that the blue wire I have been having
> such difficulty with goes on the B+ spade connector, I also have
> strong evidence to say that it goes on the D+ connector.
>
> So here is what I did, I was leaning toward the D+ connector as there
> was already a spade connector on the B+ that did not look like it was
> once a double connection. I started the engine and touched the bare
> blue wire to the nut that the D+ red wires connect to. Sucess the red
> charging light went out. That leaves me with the following questions'
>
> 1: Does this blue wire just run the light? If so I may leave it off
> until I get someone with some skill to look at it.
>
> 2: If I actually was wrong about the location would touching the wire
> have shorted or not shut down the light or something else that would
> have indicated I had the wrong location?
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> On 12/18/05, Christopher Gronski <gronski@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Mark have a look at these photos. The first one (titled
>>"disconnected") is the rear view of my alternator with the
>>disconnected wire. There is already a black running to the D+
>>connector you are talking about. The second is the offending PS piump
>>wire (titled "PS pump"). The last two are from Robert Rountree and
>>they really make it look like the blue runs to that same 14" fitting
>>with the bolt.
>>
>>I have not done this with the engine running but if I touch the blue
>>wire to the alternator terminal, I can hear a click from somewhere up
>>front (near the driver).
>>
>>Chris
>>
>>On 12/18/05, mark drillock <drillock@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>>NO.The blue wire connects to the alternator lead labeled D+ on the
>>>alternator. It is either a very small threaded stud next to the large
>>>red wire connection stud or a male spade in the same area. DO NOT
>>>connect to any spade labeled W.
>>>
>>>Mark
>>>
>>>Christopher Gronski wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>So Robert the Blue wire connects to exactly the same place as those
>>>>two thick reds?
>>>>
>>>>Chris
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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