Alternator Question

sgeorgejr · Post by **sgeorgejr** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 4:57 pm

When i got my 914, very litttle of the wiring was intact. AS for the alternator, i can see the three prong plug goes to the fuse block, but the single red wire is a mystery. it is too short to go to the starter. Does anyone know where the mystery wire goes?

Dave_Darling · Post by **Dave_Darling** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 7:23 pm

The thick red wire should go to the starter. Sounds like it got shortened somehow. It should have a ring terminal crimped onto the end, and go onto the same post on the starter solenoid that the really fat cable from the battery (+) post does. It would go up through the engine tin like the other wires do, then back through the rear (vertical) part of the engine tin through a rubber grommet.

Without it, the alternator won't charge anything. BTDT!

--DD

sgeorgejr · Post by **sgeorgejr** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:44 pm

thank you, that was helpful