[Spridgets] Bugeye/Frogeye Club..... Change from Generator to 1-wire Alternator

Gerard pixelsmith at gerardsgarage.com
Tue Sep 28 19:21:12 MDT 2010


Hi Narm,

Typically (on Spridgets and Morris Minors) with that same voltage  
regulator, the 3 brown wires get hooked together, the yellows are  
discarded (in a 1 wire hookup) as they are for the generator charging  
circuit and the black goes to ground. You won't have a ignition/ 
charging dummy light anymore, so you may want to add a volt meter.

Since you color codes are slightly different for the Turner, if you  
want to send me a wiring diagram for the Turner I can double check,  
but I'm pretty sure that what I told you will be correct.

Gerard

On Sep 28, 2010, at 5:52 PM, Norm 2Bs wrote:

> HELP!  My old crew and auto electrical expert, now racer himself, is  
> still
> in Connecticut (Hi, Jim) & I'm stumped by this conversion.
>
> Last weekend, my tach-drive gear box decided to go bouncing down the  
> track
> as I pulled into the pits after Saturday's last race.  Lost.  How it  
> came
> off is unknown.  But, this is pushing me into installing the mini 1- 
> wire
> alternator I've had sitting on the parts shelf for a year.  I need  
> to do
> some minor mods to get it to fit.  But, they're easy.  Problem is  
> how to
> deal with the wires on the regulator.
>
> I found a description on line about connect brown wires, etc.  But, no
> all-brown wires on the Turner regulator.  And, the standard Sprite  
> wiring
> diagrams don't help a lot.
>
> If anyone could help, I would appreciate it.
>
> Here's what I have on the regulator terminals:
> A1 - 2 brown/blue wires
> A - 1 brown/white
> F - 1 yellow/green
> D - 2 yellow
> E - 2 black
> (Photos available)
>
> Turner has already been converted to 12v negative ground. And, as a  
> race car
> has an emergency shut-off switch.
>
> PMs to: twobees at sprynet.com
>
> Thanks all.
>
> Norm
>
>
>
>
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