MetalliCamaro

okay, Very long story short,

My alt isnt working, i replaced it, still isnt working, everything is hooked up, i had a problem once thought i fixed it but maybe not, the two wires that go to the alt as one connector. ones a ground and other is black and goes to? regulator? well on my alt the two wire prong things that the connector hook to i believe theres a R and F. which is which? the black wire which i believe goes to the regulator or something only has juice when the key is in the "ON" posistion. + and - wires are hooked up..

archemedes

alternator should have a main battery cable, a wire to excite the regulator, and one for the gauge usually.There shouldn't be a ground wire, it's grounded through the body, if you ground a wire you fry the diodes in the regulator

MetalliCamaro

i didnt ground any wires, i the black wire and hit a ground wire with it made a little spark and it made a click noise inside somewhere...

archemedes

you grounded the wire then, you may have fried the alternator

MetalliCamaro

and now i have a new one.. On my 1984 GM pickup theres a wire that comes from the alt to the starter i believe, and the gm alt works fine...

archemedes

that's the batery line more than likely