dont even ask how this happened https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/blink.png . the air vent selenoid wire has been cut, and so has the alternator wire https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...R#>/unsure.png .....if anyone can tell me what wire goes where, i will call u god https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683894.gif . i have the wiring harness in my hand, with the wiring diagram in front of me.....help https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...O_DIR#>/11.gif

the air vent wire is like black with a white stripe? or maybe the other way round. the alt is white and red? and thicker guage



mike

you cut it? or sabotage?

sabatage!



mike

oh ive got the alt wire hooked up, but im seeing like numerous black wires with a white stripe....which one???i see like 4 small ones and one or two big ones https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...O_DIR#>/11.gif

can you get a picture?



mike

I thought you had a haynes manual for it.The 83's wiring is covered fairly well in it.Is that starter good or was it the wiring as well?I know your pain.I had so many problems at first to.But now its reliable and purrs.I wish the same to you.Good luck

i do have the manual, but im looking at like 5 black wires with a white stripe, i know i have to hook up the air vent selenoid to a black wire with a white stripe, so im just wondering which one i have to hook it up to...cause imseeing a few options, hell does it matter, cause isnt it just going to the ignition switch? if all of the black wires with white stripes go to the ignition, does it matter?

yeah thats right, the air vent solenoid just see's 12v with the key on



mike

well i thought i had it right, but now i dont think the cars holding a charge. i jumped it and ran it for like 15 minutes, and cut it off. then 5 minutes tried to crank it again, no luck, battery died. plus the voltage was reading like 10 or so.....coulda sworn i had the alt wire hooked up right. now i had my hand down by the oil cooler, its not front mounted, and accidentally pulled of the oil pressure wire. but i told a friend and he knows exactly where it goes, so im not worried about that. what i am worried about is when i cranked it, all the lights were on, like the exhaust light, the headlight light, brake light, all of them.....why...what the ****?!

All those should go off when you're charging. They come on for a "bulb"

check. Then when the output voltage of the alt passes the battery voltage,

they go out.

When the key is on, all the lights ground through the reg

they all go to term "L" on regulator

i feel dumb, what book is that from, the haynes manual..... https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683894.gif

Looks like the haynes paper wieght. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

yes that's where I "borrowed" it from

i was looking at mine and i think all of the 12v power comes from 1 wire, they are all white with black stripe



mike

do you mean black with a white stripe??? so you are saying the alt wire is not where it should be, because the lights stay on when the car is running....well, i guess i need to try and rethink/rewire the alt. thanks man.

.......damnit....i hate wiring..... https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/blink.png

yeah it might be black with white, if you bug me tonight i can look at mine



mike

hows this for bugging u....pleeeeeeeeeeeeez



tomorrow im going to the junkyard to pick up a few parts for the carb. ill take a look at the fb's

while im there to get a better idea of what im in for.

the carb solenoid is black with white. on the back of the alternator, the 2 wires together are black with white (top) and white and black (bottom)



mike