We need to do a "common upgrades" board because................

[sixnine]

I'm doing the one-wire alt. conversion and I've done a search on the site. Well, with all the differences in everyone's idea of common sense, I ended up more confused after the search than I was before it! A single board with general (but detailed) info on how to do certain "common upgrades" would help out a lot of people and could keep the "same old questions" from re-occuring. What do some of you think? Now to MY problem- I think the hook-up of the new (one wire) alt. is fairly simple (one wire to the batt.). But what about the other wires? I know, some say connect them together with jumpers and some say remove them altogerther. My problem is, I don't seem to have that battery junction block on the fenderwell like some of you mention. When I got the truck, all the wires were crimped together like so..............












so where do the inline fuse (black wire with white tracer) and the red (I'm assuming switched ignition) wire go now that I have installed an internal reg. alternator? Also, that red wire comes out of the bottome of the fuse block at the firewall. But I have another red wire coming out of the top of the fuse block at the fire wall. Neither is connected to anything. What were they originally attactched to? Please forgive the ramblings, hope I didn't lose some of ya'