easiest big 3 ? of your life

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

when you guys upgrade your big 3, and you upgrade bat. positive to alternator, do you guys usually put a protector over the connection on the alt. such as a rubber boot, or something that covers it up from touching something else. or is it pretty safe with out it. cuz where it connects to my alt, its pretty close to another metal bar. so do you think i should put a cover over it or no?

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[CaliforniabOY5 10+ year member]

It definetly would not hurt to put a protector over it if possible, my stock cable had a protector onit so I thought it be nice to put one on the bigger wire too, however i ended up not doing this and never encountered a problem.

Cliff Notes: It wouldnt hurt to do so.

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

lol, alright, well i was thinking of doing it anyway, but i was just seeing what everyone else does

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

i'm assuming you drive a bonneville? when i did an alt upgrade on mine, easiest one i ever did. that alt only takes less then 20 minutes to get out.

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

yeah i know, i just took it out, put on the 1/0, put on the boot, and put the alt back on. at first i was wondering how the hell i was gonna be able to do it, and then im like, **** im gonna have to take the alt off. and it was really easy. but yeah i put a boot on it, just to make sure, and its all done now.

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

and yes its a bonneville, i forgot to put that in there

 

[bryce-man 10+ year member]

i just used the stock boot again

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

yeah, thats what i did, it covered it enough to make sure nothing else touches it

 

[Blove1991 10+ year member]

Im pretty sure 1995 Chevy S10 4.3 Vortec holds the title of easiest alternator to change....No pics ATM

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

i didnt say it was the easiest alt to take out, i said it was the easiest big 3 question of your life. lol, i just wanted to know how many people used something to protect there alt positive wire. but get some pics up