Hook both the "L" and "S" together. ... Make sure the bulb in the dashboard is good. :) --- Ryan Wright <ryanpwright@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Folks, > > I bought & installed a new 4-wire 180amp alternator > tonight. It's > mounted up great and the belt is turning it just > fine but I'm getting > NO power from it! I could really use some advice... > > I had an original motorola alternator. There were > only two connections > to it: The main power feed (8 cables going into 2 > ring connectors > hooked up to the primary "batt" terminal on the > alternator) and a > brown wire that goes hot with the ignition on, which > I assume is the > sense for the regulator. > > There were NO other wires connected to my Motorola. > I was instructed > to hook up a yellow wire for the lamp light to the > "L" terminal on the > new 4-wire plug. I looked all over the place but > couldn't find a > yellow wire, nor any loose wires whatsoever. > > So, I mounted the alternator, connected the main > power wires to the > primary power terminal and connected the red "S" > wire on the new > 4-wire plug to the brown wire. I left the other > three wires in the new > 4-wire plug disconnected. > > I get nothing. Zero voltage output. :( > > Any ideas?? If it's just the lack of connecting the > "L" wire, can > someone tell me where in the world I should start > looking for that > wire? Where does it go or route from? Which wire > loom does it come out > of? As I said I looked all over the place, it's not > to be found > anywhere... > > Thanks for any help, > > -Ryan > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/