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Sstevens Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:15 pm

Hello everyone,

I just upgrade my 37 amp generator to a 85 amp alternator. Now when I start it up the generator light stays on. I switched the brown and green wires around thinking I hooked them up wrong and still same issue. I was thinking the light might be on because it is designed for the stock generator, not an alternator...any thoughts??

Thanks

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Sstevens Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:20 pm

Lets try to post these pics again



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vwuguy Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:21 pm

check the belt tension it might be wrong,

bsairhead Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:25 pm

Brown is ground.Green should be for oil pressure switch.Blue is for gen. light

vwuguy Sat Nov 07, 2009 12:09 am

I think you might have to swap the green and brown wires there the brown one should grounded o the alternator with a screw the green should be in the plug in

Jody '71 Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:03 am

The warning light wire for the 37 amp generator systems came off the voltage regulator that is attached seperatly. You need to find that lead, it is a blue wire. Now that you have what appears to be a alternator with an internal regulator, you need to figure out where that gets hooked up to. See what your installation instructions say.



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