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Ex fireman.stan · Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2016 19:59 Post subject: alternator wiring.

hi guys just changed my sons alternator on his 1995 2.8d Pajero to find a different one has been retro fitted and the plugs gone from the loom.
question does any one know which spade on the alternator the yellow thicker wire and white wire go to please? no vacuum pump on it/

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dhammika · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 11:20 Post subject:

Please get the workshop manual from following location and you will find the correct wiring there.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzJBT050_Ju3RlpjWXdWU2JGY0E/view?usp=sharing

If you need further help just let me know

Ex fireman.stan · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 13:44 Post subject:

hi yes the diagrams great though seems we have bigger problem. the dashboard ign light and oil lights not coming on, bulbs ok. if you rev the engine it blows the 100 amp fuse, any ideas please?

dhammika · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 15:10 Post subject:

Ex fireman.stan · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 15:42 Post subject:

checked every fuse and they're all ok......got a new alternator coming but am a little worried about wiring it in case I get it wrong and blow it. as alternator is not marked to say which is which the only clue I have is the yellow is the wire closed to the large live that comes in but this seems a little risky? so looking from the back of alternator you would wire white.....yellow? do you know how to test which is which please?

Ex fireman.stan · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 15:49 Post subject:

yes I did mean the charging light. do you know where the alternator relay is located please haven't seen that.

Ex fireman.stan · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 16:18 Post subject:

ok sorry having gone through all the wiring diagrams looks like its a mark 1 I have so found the relay now and the interior fuse box does not have all the connectors attached to it.

dhammika · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 17:22 Post subject:

Ex fireman.stan · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 17:31 Post subject:

thanks I do understand your point , as i,ve gone through the wiring you sent me its become apparent form diagrams its a mk1 given its an import I can see how that would happen. number 11 fuse is ok unfortunately so just looking to find everything involved, the alternator rely ive found now in the under bonnet fuse box, thus the mk1 thoughts. bit of a problem with the up and down though as the plug sits at the top but think ive found a picture in the end where white sits to the left of the plug. hope this all makes sense to you. thanks for the help.
stan

peteinchad · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 18:43 Post subject:

dhammika · Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 5:33 Post subject:

Ex fireman.stan · Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 8:55 Post subject:

ok thank you so much, just to clarify before a ruin an alternator. I'm using the 95 wiring diagram and page 4A-5 which explains where the wires go as you said white to the left as I look at rear of alternator. I have 12 volts on yellow wire and no volts on the white wire is 12 on yellow correct? still need to find why white is not powered hoping its the relay I suppose. no dash lights on, charge and oil etc.

dhammika · Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 9:41 Post subject:

Ex fireman.stan · Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 15:36 Post subject:

thanks you we now have charge and oil lights so alternator is right I believe only issue now is when you rev the engine the 100amp fuse blows. its a new alternator.

trekker · Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2016 8:14 Post subject:

That is typical of a faulty regulator which is built into the alternator.

Be sure the battery terminals are connected Pos to Pos, neg to neg.

If you have a meter, test the battery voltage with the engine stopped , then on idle. then at say 1500 rpm. The readings should be around 12V, 13.5V and 14V. If you have a DC clamp meter, amps should not be much above 60.

Lets know what you find.