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Hobbes


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Hi,

I am trying to replace the alternator wire on my 65 strato chief.The one Im trying to replace goes into the bulkhead block behind the fuse box. It seems in its prior life it ran too hot and the wire is cooked all the way through. I cant see in there very well is there a trick to release that wire?



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There is a tab on each side of the connector. Come in from the face side with a small micro flathead screwdriver and bend the two tabs inward. You'll see a little bevel/slot each side in the plug to guide the driver in.

The connector will then release backwards out of the block, to the wire side. Bend the tabs back out if re inserting the same pin.

 

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The fuseblock or interior side connectors are the same. Disconnect the plug(s) from the engine side, go in and bend the tabs as shown above. Remove the two bolts from the fuse block and pull the block away from the plug portion. Then pull the affected connector back out of the plug block.

Be sure to dab some Dielectric grease into the backside of the connectors when done, to keep any water out. But not so much it pushes into the connector itself.



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Is this the wire to the ammeter?

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Thats awesome, Thanks. I knew there was some trick in there.It is the wire from the ammeter.

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Hobbes wrote:

It is the wire from the ammeter.

 I can't believe they did it but they ran the wires from the battery to the ammeter with no circuit protection. 

My 66 ammeter is unhooked. I have a voltmeter that plugs into the lighter socket.



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4SPEED427 wrote:
Hobbes wrote:

It is the wire from the ammeter.

 I can't believe they did it but they ran the wires from the battery to the ammeter with no circuit protection. 

My 66 ammeter is unhooked. I have a voltmeter that plugs into the lighter socket.

That's the first thing I did as well is to ditch the ammeter. But I kept the wires, disconnected, looped up and intact for future use.

While I was at the plug/fuseblock I also changed out the coil resistance wire to a regular 16 gauge for the Pertronix feed, and added another connection for the tach signal.

It's a good time to do it all if you happen to have the harness and fuseblock in front of you. The resistance wire if you only have the plug.



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