[danheit]

Ok, so I looked into a few things. American Auto Wire sells a conversion harness (also available through Summit Racing) for around $20. This includes a cap for the voltage regulator plug and a stock wiring pigtail to CS130 pigtail. It is supposed to make everything plug and play with no cutting required. HOWEVER, I called AAW and found that the pigtail does NOT include the resistor, and that I would have to cut their harness and install it inline. Also found by looking through their pictures that this is only one wire which connects the brown wire. The 'sensor' wire is not in place. I chose not to order this part, although I will say that their customer svc was very good the three times I called. I went to my local alternator shop and purchased a CS130 pigtail with all 4 wires. Cost me $2.50. I think with that and a few extra pieces of wire, I can make this pigtail a plug and play also. The only other thing I need to figure out is whether or not to make this a reversible upgrade, or just remove the wiring I no longer need and make everything nice and clean.

Other BIG question I have is this: while I was talking to the old man at the alternator shop, he went on to tell me that the CS130 is a self exciting alternator and that the only thing I really NEED to have connected is the red battery terminal wire. Everything else is just "fluff"(my words, not his). The brown wire is there to act as a feedback wire so that the alternator doesn't feed power back through the ignition circuit and keep the truck running even after it is shut off, hence the reason for the resistor to stop the feedback. Does this sound even remotely right? I have taken a LOT of alternators and generators to him and he has always done exceptional work. This just contradicts most of what I am reading online.
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