alternator

[mmjosh]

hi can someone tell me how to wire up a alternator to a fusebox please and if you have a alternator conversion can you still use the starting handle.

thanks

josh

[bmcecosse]

Of course you can use the handle - provided you have the starter dog in the front pulley.
Wiring up is easy - remove the wires from D and F on the regulator - just leave the regulator in place. Run a new heavy duty cable form the battery +ve (car must be -ve earth) to the large terminal on the alternator. You 'could' take this from the A terminal on the regulator - but it's better to go directly to the main feed - on the starter solenoid. Then you need to find the wire from the IGN light in the speedo - it WAS the brown-yellow wire going to the D terminal on the regulator - take it off there - and extend it to the small terminal on the alternator - you can use the original brown/yellow wire that was going to the large terminal on the dynamo - just change the end fitting to suit . See Barry's excellent wiring diagram at the head of this section - print off a copy and keep it in the car!

[mmjosh]

i want to take the regulator off the car as i just want the alternator running of the fusebox and also my series II dosent have coulou coded wires

[bmcecosse]

It's far easier to just leave the regulator in place - but you can replace it with a strip of 'choc-block' - although you will then have to figure out the various connections behind the scenes. Not worth it - my advice (which you usually ignore) - leave the regulator in place! Colour coding not important -just take the wires from the terminals as I describe and connect them up!

[mmjosh]

this one doesnt have a voltage regulator it just has a fusebox[frame][/frame]

[bmcecosse]

So - did it not have a dynamo ??? Or did it already have an alternator ??

[mmjosh]

it already had a alternator and thats what i want to do with mine as i didnt want a regulator on mine

[bmcecosse]

Ahh - getting it now -I thought this was another car you were working on. I now realise you were using it's picture as an 'example' !! Well - it is saturday night - and I've been trying to finish off a very nice bottle of Port...........

[mmjosh]

so how do i get rid of the regulator box like were do i put the lights etc

[bmcecosse]

As replied in PM -join A and A1 wires together - I'm not sure Barry's diagram is quite correct in this area - but no matter since you are joing them all up anyway!

[GeorgeHurst]

I've got no issue with you removing the regulator Josh, but I am interested in why you would want to do it? Isn't it critical in ensuring various electrical components operate accurately?

[aupickup]

You can remove the reg, and everything will still work fine
wires need to be connected right though

[GeorgeHurst]

aha, i see. thanks for clarifying au. any advantage in doing so?

[aupickup]

not really, but i suppose with the alternator and the reg box not doing anything then may as well have a clean looking bulkhead

[GeorgeHurst]

hmmm, well if the reg is redundant when an alternator is fitted it makes sense. My reg looks very tatty and I intend to fit a alternator soon so it might be worth ditching it, I shall think on. Cheers au

[bmcecosse]

I was mainly suggesting leaving the reg in place - to make the wiring changes simple. But I have since talked Josh through the wiring changes (not that many really) to remove the reg. I think he wants to sell it!

[mmjosh]

yes i am selling a regulator box