S4 to S5 alternator swap question (searched)
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Okay that's what I check for last night to see if they came on, nothing came on when I turned it to the ON position. I accidently toutched the B terminal to the chain hook when I loosened the belt so I may have poped a fuse. But I will switch them and see what's up. I noticed in the diagram it was closer to the b-terminal but I also noticed it was on the side it was on SOOO I just guessed. Will reply later with results...
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Okay so I got everything wired up correctly. The terminals are SL from left to right. I figured they were because it didn't make any sence to me that someone with a S5 replacing their alternator would have to swap the wires. My problem was...
1. Popped my main fuse (80 amp)
B. The wire to go to the L terminal wasn't all the way up into the plug in the fuse box. I had to take the bottem out and clip it in (didn't realize that until this morning). And the wire I had didn't have a big enough female end on it when putting it to the fusebox so I had to play with it a little...
My concern is the volts raise when my rpms raise up to ~1000. Then with everything I have on it drops a little more. I had my rear defroster, stereo, headlights (about to switch to HIDs) ect. Here are pics...
1. Popped my main fuse (80 amp)
B. The wire to go to the L terminal wasn't all the way up into the plug in the fuse box. I had to take the bottem out and clip it in (didn't realize that until this morning). And the wire I had didn't have a big enough female end on it when putting it to the fusebox so I had to play with it a little...
My concern is the volts raise when my rpms raise up to ~1000. Then with everything I have on it drops a little more. I had my rear defroster, stereo, headlights (about to switch to HIDs) ect. Here are pics...
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can i use a 89-91 starter ,alternator and battery wiring harness for 86-88 ? i cant find the proper harness its too difficult to find or anybody here can sell me one?
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The FD Alternator swap doesn't require anything specialized other than the pulley as most of us know. As for wiring, I've made it short and sweet in this picture. Wire it this way and it will work with no fuss:
As for you FCOSORIO, piggybacking on someone else's thread shows a considerable lack of SEARCHING on your part. But I will be nice and answer your question anyway
Starter is the same, N318 for Turbo, N326 for NA MTs and N327 for Automatics
Alternator is swappable, see above picture
Harness: I HIGHLY recommend separating your battery/alternator/starter cables from the Engine Harness, then following Aaron Cake's guide to the letter.
As for you FCOSORIO, piggybacking on someone else's thread shows a considerable lack of SEARCHING on your part. But I will be nice and answer your question anyway
Starter is the same, N318 for Turbo, N326 for NA MTs and N327 for Automatics
Alternator is swappable, see above picture
Harness: I HIGHLY recommend separating your battery/alternator/starter cables from the Engine Harness, then following Aaron Cake's guide to the letter.
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See above. and a 30A fuse is ridiculous. You wire it to the box not for a safety net but to provide the correct voltage to the car, not the alternator
Rock Lobster is the only one in this thread who has it right.
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