95A to 130A alternator swap.

[Lariat]

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?

 

[Mazda]

Check out the "Tech Article" Section.

http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/index-charging-ignition.shtml

 

[Lariat]

None of the swaps in the tech article section answer my question.

 

[Haywire6000]

If you get the model number of the old one and the new one we can figure out the wiring issue.

 

[Mazda]

None of the swaps in the tech article section answer my question.

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

 

[Lariat]

Upon doing research that wire runs from the regulator to stator. Wheras the one on the 130a is internally done.

 

[killj0y]

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?

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.