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<blockquote data-quote="evan" data-source="post: 2359360" data-attributes="member: 562202">I&#039;m planning on doing the big 3 on my 1980 Malibu and I&#039;m trying to figure out where the factory wires go.There is only one wire coming off of the positive terminal of the battery and it goes to the starter.<img src="http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/2174/positivefrombatterykl2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The wire that looks like the power to the alternator runs into a loom that goes into the cabin under the dash.<img src="http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/7554/alternatorpowerwiregm8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />I don&#039;t know if this helps, but here is the label on the alternator.<img src="http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/1078/alternatorlabelqq7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />I wasn&#039;t able to get the car jacked up enough to see the starter, but is it possible that the positive cable goes from the battery, to the starter, into the cabin, and then back out to the alternator?&nbsp;&nbsp; Is that normal?&nbsp; Is there any harm in running a second wire directly from the battery to the alternator and leaving the stock wire in place?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="evan, post: 2359360, member: 562202"] I'm planning on doing the big 3 on my 1980 Malibu and I'm trying to figure out where the factory wires go. There is only one wire coming off of the positive terminal of the battery and it goes to the starter. [IMG]http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/2174/positivefrombatterykl2.jpg[/IMG] The wire that looks like the power to the alternator runs into a loom that goes into the cabin under the dash. [IMG]http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/7554/alternatorpowerwiregm8.jpg[/IMG] I don't know if this helps, but here is the label on the alternator. [IMG]http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/1078/alternatorlabelqq7.jpg[/IMG] [B]I wasn't able to get the car jacked up enough to see the starter, but is it possible that the positive cable goes from the battery, to the starter, into the cabin, and then back out to the alternator? Is that normal? Is there any harm in running a second wire directly from the battery to the alternator and leaving the stock wire in place?[/B] [/QUOTE]

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