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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Cheboygan, MI
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Upgrade to internal regulator - question not in FAQ
Hey folks, I just upgraded to a 100 amp alternator and eliminated my external regulator. In the FAQ, the connector on the regulator is just left hanging. I know I can just cut the remaining two wires and tape them off, but I was wordering where they went and what others had done.
I just taped the end of the connector and left it (in case I needed to go back to the old alt for some reason...) The switch-over went really well and seems to be working fine. When I initially fired it up, the amp gauge dipped to discharge for a second and then jumped back to the middle and has pretty much stayed there. I picked up a black powdercoated si12 from Summit for $82. Felt really good getting that old regulator box off the radiator support. Seems hard to believe these trucks came with a 37 amp alternator.
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Tony Johnson -- '71 Blazer w/L-31 Vortec 350, SM465, NP205, performer intake, edelbrock 1406, HEI, 4" lift, Boyd EFI tank, Vintage A/C My Blazer -- |
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its all about the +6 inches
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Hilliard Ohio
Posts: 2,693
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Re: Upgrade to internal regulator - question not in FAQ
it's been years since I did mine, but I remember removing 10 tpo 20 feet of wire when I traced those wires and tied them in together elsewhere.
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: here
Posts: 5,789
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Re: Upgrade to internal regulator - question not in FAQ
I cant remember exactly either, but I think they just were just spliced in with some other wires down the line in the harness. I removed them & got rid of the plug...
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Cheboygan, MI
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Re: Upgrade to internal regulator - question not in FAQ
Thanks,
Once I get my MSD 6a wired in and working I'm going to clean it up. I'll probably wait until then and decide where I want everything run and reloom it all. I want to have both hot and a negative terminals on both sides of the truck, probably at the radiator support on the driver's side and next to the battery on the passenger side and run everything off them with breakers or fuses. I'd like to gang my relays into a watertight box. I haven't found the right one yet, but some of the marine electrical hardware is pretty interesting. I'm just doing it in stages so I can change my mind as I get more knowledge. Next up, the 3/4 ton brake booster upgrade... ![]()
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Tony Johnson -- '71 Blazer w/L-31 Vortec 350, SM465, NP205, performer intake, edelbrock 1406, HEI, 4" lift, Boyd EFI tank, Vintage A/C My Blazer -- Last edited by TonyJohnson; 04-16-2008 at 12:56 AM. |
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