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95A to 130A alternator swap.


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My alternator is slowly on its way out in my ranger, and i'm looking for an easy yet cheap upgrade. I got to looking at alternators from explorers, and ive seen several 130a alternators. Although, they only have 3 wires, whereas my ranger has 4 wires.


Now i want to go to the 130a alternator that has only 2 wires.


What, if anything will i have to do to swap these over?
 


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None of the swaps in the tech article section answer my question.
 
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If you get the model number of the old one and the new one we can figure out the wiring issue.
 
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Lariat said:
None of the swaps in the tech article section answer my question.
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Read the section on Alternators.

Also as far as I can see the middle wire on out 95 amp alternators just goes to the single connector on the Alternator, as far as the diagrams I have seen. That connector is for the dash light. I'm not sure yet what to do with it yet.

Bryan
 
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Upon doing research that wire runs from the regulator to stator. Wheras the one on the 130a is internally done.
 
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Lariat said:
My alternator is slowly on its way out in my ranger, and i'm looking for an easy yet cheap upgrade. I got to looking at alternators from explorers, and ive seen several 130a alternators. Although, they only have 3 wires, whereas my ranger has 4 wires.


Now i want to go to the 130a alternator that has only 2 wires.


What, if anything will i have to do to swap these over?
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I just got the matching one from a parts store but for an explorer...been working great since. Took all of 30 min to swap and cost the same as the 95amp version.
 
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