Changing to Internal Voltage Regulated Altenator

[PICKMUP]

This kit plugs in, has rubber ends to protect & lock in better and you can go back, if wanted.
Sells for $22 shipped.

[jaros44sr]

Originally Posted by PICKMUP

This kit plugs in, has rubber ends to protect & lock in better and you can go back, if wanted.
Sells for $22 shipped.

I want one

[Gray Ghost]

I got an easier fix for you....get an '87 Silverado alternator....90 amps iirc. The you take the outer two wires on the four wire plug that went into the regulator and wire them together. Then you can install the alt with a one wire connection. You jump the hot wire to the second connection on the alternator and your done. I can't get pics right now and I hope I haven't left anything out, but the new alt fits perfectly on the stock arm and lets you run just about anything you want to add without a drain.

My lights used to dim sometimes....not any more!

[ERASER5]

This is a VERY simple switch that is WAY over thought.

1. At the old regulator plug #1 to #3 and #2 to #4. Count in either direction. It is all the same. Make the jumpers from common crimp on spade connectors.

2. Buy a new alt connector for an internal regulator from the "HELP" or the electrical section of you local parts store. The plug will be flat. Take small screw driver and pop the connectors out of the plastic plug. Now pop the old connectors out of the old square type plug, pop the old connectors into the new flat plug.

3. You will have an extra black wire at the alt. This is a ground wire and is not needed. Tape it back out of the way, or cut it off, or you can try to screw it to the new alt body.

4. If the new internal alt does not charge, the wires are reversed in the flat plug.

Cost: about $3. Time: 5 minutes

[BHRS]

Originally Posted by ERASER5

This is a VERY simple switch that is WAY over thought.

1. At the old regulator plug #1 to #3 and #2 to #4. Count in either direction. It is all the same. Make the jumpers from common crimp on spade connectors.

2. Buy a new alt connector for an internal regulator from the "HELP" or the electrical section of you local parts store. The plug will be flat. Take small screw driver and pop the connectors out of the plastic plug. Now pop the old connectors out of the old square type plug, pop the old connectors into the new flat plug.

3. You will have an extra black wire at the alt. This is a ground wire and is not needed. Tape it back out of the way, or cut it off, or you can try to screw it to the new alt body.

4. If the new internal alt does not charge, the wires are reversed in the flat plug.

Cost: about $3. Time: 5 minutes

With this conversion, does the stock amp still work?

Thanks!!!

[ERASER5]

Anything that worked before will still work after, gauge or light.