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**LockDoc** · 11-19-2017, 08:54 PM

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If you have an HEI all you should have connected on the solenoid are the Battery cable and the purple wire. Does the solenoid engage when you turn the key to the "on" position or only when the key is in the "start" position? I have seen the alternator tied into the positive post on the solenoid but I don't think that is the correct way to do it.... The alt. doesn't get the correct accumulated load reading from a direct connection to the positive cable, so it doesn't charge correctly. The main panel wire should be connected up by the voltage regulator.....

LockDoc

11-19-2017, 08:54 PM	#5
LockDoc The Older Generation Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Montezuma, Iowa Posts: 26,098	Re: Wiring for a 1969 C10 Pickup - If you have an HEI all you should have connected on the solenoid are the Battery cable and the purple wire. Does the solenoid engage when you turn the key to the "on" position or only when the key is in the "start" position? I have seen the alternator tied into the positive post on the solenoid but I don't think that is the correct way to do it.... The alt. doesn't get the correct accumulated load reading from a direct connection to the positive cable, so it doesn't charge correctly. The main panel wire should be connected up by the voltage regulator..... LockDoc __________________ Leon Locksmith, Specializing In Antique Trucks, Automobiles, & Motorcycles (My Dually Pickup Project Thread) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=829820 - Last edited by LockDoc; 11-19-2017 at 09:05 PM.