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Need help. I think my alternator is not charging the battery. It keeps draining it. I just bought new 130 amp alternator and new battery. I installed it using SVE wiring method like on this video SVE 130amp installation. Need to figure out what's the problem. Thanks in advance

[ 2015-08-07, 01:16 PM: Message edited by: MustangCCH ]

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look up fusible links. Just had to replace a few of these to fix the exact same problem.

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Was this a 4 cyl conversion? [patriot]

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I'll look up fusible links. Thanks. And this was a 4 cylinder conversion.
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Originally posted by Venomousnotch:
Was this a 4 cyl conversion? [patriot]

Venomousnotch is the guy to ask about this. He's the one that took care of my problem and told me about the fusible links, etc.

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the alternator harness/headlight harness is totally different on 4 cyl, has the alternator ever charged since the motor swap?

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No. It had the stock alternator. The car was originally 1985 4cyl automatic. The stock alternator went out so I did a 3g alternator swap. The car has 87-93 headlights with HIDs

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Thanks for all your help. Found the problem. The ground to the starter got disconnected when I installed the new 4ga power wire. SMH [Razz]
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