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Can an alternator with a different electrical connection still be used?


10LC
04-19-2018, 12:40 AM
I have a 1999 Isuzu Rodeo that I’m fixing. The alternator was bad, so I removed it. Then today I removed an alternator from a parts car (another Isuzu Rodeo, but it’s a 1998).

The connectors are shaped differently. The bad alternator has 2 wires on the connector, and the salvaged alternator has 4 wires. Is there a way to splice wires and make the connection work, using the salvaged alternator? I thought i remembered that 2 of the 4 wires are not necessary.

Thanks.

aleekat
04-19-2018, 09:14 PM
google

10LC
04-19-2018, 10:38 PM
I spent a good while searching google and youtube. I came across a lot of info, but it didn't pertain to my specific situation.

But I decided to try and fix the bad alternator. I took it apart and fixed a connection, which is what I suspected was wrong with it in the first place. Hopefully tomorrow I'll put it in and find out it works.

aleekat
04-20-2018, 08:47 AM
Should be a GM alternator.
https://www.google.com/search?q=2+wire+to+4+wire+alternator&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjCn82Z_sjaAhWEwVkKHW_7AKsQ_AUICSgA&biw=1366&bih=675&dpr=1

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