Adrian Saunders Posted June 10, 2019 Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 School boy error o’clock. I dismantled the alternator connector block without getting a shot of it. No excuse nowadays. The workshop manual is the same as in the attached picture of the rear of my alternator, read left to right: large brown/large flag terminal, then small brown to large flag terminal and finally brown/white to small flag terminal. Do you concur? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted June 10, 2019 Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 Looks good to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NonMember Posted June 11, 2019 Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 Yep, the big terminals are battery, the small one is the warning light. On some early alternators, the two big terminals were "feed" and "sense" (these units were sometimes called "battery sensed"), while all modern ones simply have them connected together internally (called "machine sensed"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Saunders Posted June 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 4 hours ago, NonMember said: Yep, the big terminals are battery, the small one is the warning light. On some early alternators, the two big terminals were "feed" and "sense" (these units were sometimes called "battery sensed"), while all modern ones simply have them connected together internally (called "machine sensed"). Thank you “non-member”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 11, 2019 Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 i hope youre going to re crimp or solder those wires ???? Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted June 11, 2019 Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 After he's put the plastic cover back on. It's just a mockup for the photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Saunders Posted June 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2019 On 11/06/2019 at 15:08, Pete Lewis said: i hope youre going to re crimp or solder those wires ???? Pete Plan is to crimp and solder. Crimping those 3/8” terminals is easier said than done though. If all else fails I’ll wrap some tape around them and pop on a couple of cable-ties. Rebuild the plug and retain the cap with some chewing gum. Wrigleys of course, not some cheap stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NonMember Posted June 14, 2019 Report Share Posted June 14, 2019 If you crimp and solder, you should only solder the end furthest from the insulation. You don't really want solder flowing into the part of the wire that might get flexed. You need the right crimping tool to do those right-angle connectors properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 14, 2019 Report Share Posted June 14, 2019 If the angle becomes a problem use straight ones and ditch the cover its not overly important, They are not going to pop off on every speed hump Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Saunders Posted June 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2019 10 hours ago, NonMember said: If you crimp and solder, you should only solder the end furthest from the insulation. You don't really want solder flowing into the part of the wire that might get flexed. You need the right crimping tool to do those right-angle connectors properly. £45 and that’s not the one for 3/8” terminals. I couldn’t find one for them. Needless to say (bit Alan Partridge), I’m not buying one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Saunders Posted June 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2019 On 14/06/2019 at 10:07, NonMember said: If you crimp and solder, you should only solder the end furthest from the insulation. You don't really want solder flowing into the part of the wire that might get flexed. You need the right crimping tool to do those right-angle connectors properly. The electricians at work just stare at me blankly when I talk about non-insulated terminals. When I move onto non-insulated flag terminals and show them one they shout at me and run away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 Just ask them if the modern version would last 50 years Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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