Dweano
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- Vehicle Year
- 1996
- Make / Model
- Ford
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- 4.0L
- Transmission
- Automatic
Ok guys. I have a 96 Ranger which I swapped a 97 5.0L powertrain into...started around two years ago. It is basically done now, complete with another transmission swap, delays, blah blah, you all know how it goes with projects
So I have forget how things were supposed to go. I am not even sure if harness is from the Ranger or Explorer. SVT says it shouldn't matter.
My alternator is not working, my brand new one isn't either. So obviously it is not wired up right, I believe it is not getting activated. I am confused and I think I will end up building my own harness from scratch, so lets go back to the basics. Here is a picture of the alternator:
Ok so the stud is where the power comes out (correct? Please tell me I at least got that right) so that goes back to the battery (or the top of the starter solenoid)
The whole case is grounded correct? It gets bolted to the block which should also be grounded to the frame (battery negative, block, and frame should all be connected right?
Ok and then there is the plug. There appears to be three conductors but the harness I have on there now (which may be wrong keep in mind) on has a plug with two wires coming out of it. Is one of those conductors not needed?
Right now I have a spare plug that has two wires going into it and one of the wires has a diode on it...whats that all about??! There are other wires in the current harness but I think they had to do with a remote starter and whatnot.
If I were making my own harness how would it go? Thank you all!
So I have forget how things were supposed to go. I am not even sure if harness is from the Ranger or Explorer. SVT says it shouldn't matter.
My alternator is not working, my brand new one isn't either. So obviously it is not wired up right, I believe it is not getting activated. I am confused and I think I will end up building my own harness from scratch, so lets go back to the basics. Here is a picture of the alternator:
Ok so the stud is where the power comes out (correct? Please tell me I at least got that right) so that goes back to the battery (or the top of the starter solenoid)
The whole case is grounded correct? It gets bolted to the block which should also be grounded to the frame (battery negative, block, and frame should all be connected right?
Ok and then there is the plug. There appears to be three conductors but the harness I have on there now (which may be wrong keep in mind) on has a plug with two wires coming out of it. Is one of those conductors not needed?
Right now I have a spare plug that has two wires going into it and one of the wires has a diode on it...whats that all about??! There are other wires in the current harness but I think they had to do with a remote starter and whatnot.
If I were making my own harness how would it go? Thank you all!