Recent content by Bryan138

Ok, now I'm really confused. Aparantly what I did was check the bolt for voltage but used the bolt behind the boot (the one showing hot in your diagram). Now when I check it via any other ground I'm getting nothing. The bolt with the boot around it shows ~14volts with any good ground. The...

Alright, now I'm confused. I just ran my wire from the hot bolt to my battery positive and when I connected my negative battery post back it about melted the post off. Any ideas?

Got it. That bolt is showing ~14 volts. Thanks for your help.

The negative wire goes straight to the fuse box, but the power wires go back into the main wiring harnes and are pretty hard to follow. Interestingly enough both of the bolts that the connector mounts onto show voltage, but they are only getting about 5 volts each. Anyone have any ideas? I...

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It's not really a cover as much as it's a connector. All the wires terminate in the the plastic piece and then bolt to two tiny posts on the alternator. The only way I can see to get it open would be to break it.

Has anyone done the big 3 on a mid 90's Dodge Ram? My alternator on my '96doesn't have they typical wire terminals. It has a plastic connector with both the positive & negative wires running into it and then the connector itself is bolted on to the alternator. Am I missing something or is...