[Spridgets] alternator conversion help needed

[Peter Caldwell]

Except Ryan doesn't have a "genny"...   But, it IS a good expanantion.
         Peter C
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At 02:50 PM 1/7/2010, David Groundwater wrote:
>THere are lots of good sources on the net and in the archives. Frank is the
>expert on the Festiva alternator.  From his gospel out of the archives:
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>"The Ford Festiva alternators are small, so are some Hondas.
>Both jap alts. The wiring is simple, connect all the thick wires
>together at the regulator, run the genny field wire from the alt to the
>ignition light."
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>  The thick wire at the old genny end of things goes to the big output on the
>alternator.  One of the thin wires is the field wire that energizes the
>alternator field.  It runs through the red light on your dash and connects to
>the field terminal on the alternator.    It's the one labeled labeled "L" for
>light.  The one labeled "S" is the sense wire that tells the alternator the
>system voltage.  THis is a great explanation of how the remote voltage sense
>feature works.  Once you know how it works you can decide from where you want
>the alternator to read the system voltage
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>http://madelectrical.com/electricaltech/remotevoltagesensing.shtml
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>Dave
> > Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 18:44:20 +0000
> > From: ryan.kubanoff at comcast.net
> > To: spridgets at autox.team.net
> > Subject: [Spridgets] alternator conversion help needed
> >
> > I am converting from the original lucas alternator to an alternator from a
>ford festiva. What I thought would be an unplug/replug wiring is not the case.
>Has anybody done this on a 71-74 midget? there are 3 wires from the wiring
>harness 2 thin and one thick. but there are multiple wire connections on the
>alternator. one nut for the battery, a 2 wire plug labeled S and L, and
>another small plug connector towards the bottom.
> > Any ideas?