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The donkey CRX · 06-23-2015, 03:52 PM

Here are a couple more details of the Alt delete. The small switch is to turn off all the control wires from the ECM. The large red switch is to cut the alternator 12 volt power to the battery. We found that these old alternators can "self excite" and turn on even when you don't want them to.

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