Alternator Wiring...Pic inside

ok...the prob is..

this alternator is from my 90 ford tempo that was totalled.. i knew that the wireing could be a prob...but andy said he got a 91 tempo alt to work...but his has an internal voltage regulator and internal fan..

mine is external V/R..it is attached on the outside of the alt...etc.... the wires is the main thing....


tell me exactly where the wires should connect on my maverick wiring...and i will be golden....

thanks

 

i give up.......i cant understand why this site does not like me when it comes to putting pics up

 

Check your PM's. I think i figured it out

 

hey stmanser or Andysutt can u post the PM because i would like to see it because i have a spare tempo

thanks

 

If its an internal regulated alternator email me and i'll send you the diagram

 

yes it is and u have mail


and i realized i am a dumba$$
yesterday we had a thunderstorm come in and i frogot to roll up the windows on the mav and the tempo now the interior is all wet

thats one thing i hate about southern california one day its hot as Hell and the next minute its pouring rain

 

You have mail also
And sounds like your weather is like Arkansas's

 

guess I wimped out when the alt died on the COMET , I got a ole style 3 wire delco , converted it , an now shes charges 14.0 volts all day long even at idle , just had to modify the adj. bracket a bit

 

Andysutt is busy sending e-mails.

He is a benefit to all us Mav Forumers.

 

I would have guessed that a Tempo alt. would be totally different
from a Mav/Comet alt. Why use it?

 

The tempo alternator is still a vbelt setup (so dont have to put on vbelt pulley, or convert to serpentine), internally regulated, internal fan...
Clean look, and if you get one for an A/C car its 105 amps.
Simple wiring. Its not technically a 1 wire setup... it had 4 wires going to it from the factory, but very simple to convert. Run one battery wire, a switched source, and then you jump 2 studs on the back of it. Very clean setup, I like it and if I can find the picture of it installed on my FE, I'll show you

 

thanks andy for the diagram-now i have a backup if the mav's goes out

heres the diagram for anyone interested

 

Sorry about not updating that diagram. I posted it on a ford truck website few years back and just never updated it.
Works well, havent had a single problem out of it

 

What gage wires are recommended for each color wire?

Thx for the info.

 

Red - regular battery cable that you hook to alternator on any other car
Blue - I used I think 12 gauge
Green - same as above
Yellow - same as above.

Blue/Green/Yellow just use whatever you'd wire up a radio/electric fan, etc with.
Doesnt have to be very big at all