earlymopar
Well-Known Member
I have a 65' Series I Utiline pickup that has the OEM slant 6 wiring harness (untouched except I did the MadElectric alternator by-pass). I'm now in the process of swapping-in a poly 318 and while doing that i have a few non stock pieces I’m going to use which require changes to the OEM wiring harness.
Mainly, I have a 65 Amp Denso alternator (already mounted) and an Accel non-ECM distributor (#52301). I've searched a fair amount and have learned alot but, I'm not an electrical specialist. So, I'd like some ideas and opinions for the connections.
For the distributor, I know I need to remove the ballast resistor or otherwise by-pass it. From what I've read just disconnecting the leads that are on the ballast resister and connecting them together using a 14 gage wire "bridge" is an OK way to do this. My question is can one of my bridge connectors be a “piggy back” style so that I can tap into that location for my distributor red wire (switched 12v source)?
For the Denso (3-wire) alternator, I have seen a few schematics as to connections but I’d like to know the easiest location for keyed power for the “excite” lead. It sure seems I could use the same 12v source mentioned earlier for my distributor. Is this correct? The other 2 “Sense” leads seem to be easiest to connect at the starter solenoid.
The last issue is which of the OEM harness leads can be used for any of the above. The OEM alternator harness has an power lead that I can use but not sure about the 2 other leads in that bundle.
Thanks for your input.
Mainly, I have a 65 Amp Denso alternator (already mounted) and an Accel non-ECM distributor (#52301). I've searched a fair amount and have learned alot but, I'm not an electrical specialist. So, I'd like some ideas and opinions for the connections.
For the distributor, I know I need to remove the ballast resistor or otherwise by-pass it. From what I've read just disconnecting the leads that are on the ballast resister and connecting them together using a 14 gage wire "bridge" is an OK way to do this. My question is can one of my bridge connectors be a “piggy back” style so that I can tap into that location for my distributor red wire (switched 12v source)?
For the Denso (3-wire) alternator, I have seen a few schematics as to connections but I’d like to know the easiest location for keyed power for the “excite” lead. It sure seems I could use the same 12v source mentioned earlier for my distributor. Is this correct? The other 2 “Sense” leads seem to be easiest to connect at the starter solenoid.
The last issue is which of the OEM harness leads can be used for any of the above. The OEM alternator harness has an power lead that I can use but not sure about the 2 other leads in that bundle.
Thanks for your input.
- EM