krisfnbz
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Just got doing doing the big 3 to my 1992 civic. I installed the alternator 2 days ago or so, and found a place locally that carried 1/0awg wire terminals(I must have called like 40 places today to find just 6 of these **** things) I took a variety of pics out there for anyone that is interesed in doing their civic if its the same engine as mine.(Body style whatever)
First off I did the Negative to Chassis, and then valve cover(Engine block) to Chassis, Notice how I sand papered the paint off of the chassis to get a perfect ground. These were both stock locations.
CLoser pic of Negative to chassis, look for the clean ground.
Engine bay to chassis: I heard there is also a ground spot coming from beneath the air intake, next to the ******, ill get that later though when I have more time.
All of the simple tools I used, using these tools was a pain in the @ss. Oh well saves money.
Stock wires that came off, on the left is the Engine bay ground, god it looks so crappy, and on the right is the battery negative to chassis.(Both ground locations were painted on stock before I sanded the paint off.)
Here is a closeup picture of the Alternator Positive connection that I made, the 1/0 terminal sat on top of the plastic sides around the area to attach, so I put another bolt on top of the first bolt to make it higher, which then put the 1/0 terminal on top and tightened down.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif It would have been a ***** to break off the plastic on the sides where the stock small *** wire terminal sat, so I just compromised.
There is the fused that I used, its a 200 amp fuse, and I have an extra one just incase. The alt is 160, which is a great size to have for what im using it for. Check it out.
Here is a picture of the BIG 3 complete on my civic! This was the first time I had ever done this before, and it really wasnt even that hard! After reading everything to do, I didnt get any sparks or screw anything up. Car starts fine and cant wait to install the complete new system!
And last but not least I am happy to have completed this task, Im proud!
It took me about an hour and half or so, to complete the whole thing. Wires look nice, fused correctly, and just an all out great experience.
Any comments?
First off I did the Negative to Chassis, and then valve cover(Engine block) to Chassis, Notice how I sand papered the paint off of the chassis to get a perfect ground. These were both stock locations.
CLoser pic of Negative to chassis, look for the clean ground.
Engine bay to chassis: I heard there is also a ground spot coming from beneath the air intake, next to the ******, ill get that later though when I have more time.
All of the simple tools I used, using these tools was a pain in the @ss. Oh well saves money.
Stock wires that came off, on the left is the Engine bay ground, god it looks so crappy, and on the right is the battery negative to chassis.(Both ground locations were painted on stock before I sanded the paint off.)
Here is a closeup picture of the Alternator Positive connection that I made, the 1/0 terminal sat on top of the plastic sides around the area to attach, so I put another bolt on top of the first bolt to make it higher, which then put the 1/0 terminal on top and tightened down.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif It would have been a ***** to break off the plastic on the sides where the stock small *** wire terminal sat, so I just compromised.
There is the fused that I used, its a 200 amp fuse, and I have an extra one just incase. The alt is 160, which is a great size to have for what im using it for. Check it out.
Here is a picture of the BIG 3 complete on my civic! This was the first time I had ever done this before, and it really wasnt even that hard! After reading everything to do, I didnt get any sparks or screw anything up. Car starts fine and cant wait to install the complete new system!
And last but not least I am happy to have completed this task, Im proud!
It took me about an hour and half or so, to complete the whole thing. Wires look nice, fused correctly, and just an all out great experience.
Any comments?
