08/11/2024
Anyone know vehicle electrical systems that can swing by the house and show me the ropes this morn on my jeep? Ignition and charging system to be exact. I'm running a Delco 12si alternator on this now and have for 10 years or so. Recently had a push button start added to this. From what i gather is that I'm not getting the 12volt excitor wire to the alt any longer. Mine has 2 wires connected and 3rd terminal left blank. I don't recall if it was always this way or if maybe a wire didn't get landed back on the terminal when the push button was installed. So where does this dam exciter wire come from on my jeep? Is it constant 12volt switched lead or just a pulsed 12volt at the start of the Jeep? Need get out and wheel before it's snowing and this is my only dam hold up as of now. I am not an auto electrical guru but know my way around enough to be dangerous. Lol. I don't see any wires not connected that are near the alternator. And idiot me pulled the wire off the spade terminal of the alt not realizing there was 2 recessed terminals in the case so didn't take note of what terminal the wire was landed on. Hard to see since it's on the engine side tucked up in there. Dam it all to hell. I dropped stupid money on this pig and just want to go beat on it so bad right now not work on it more. It's something stupid I'm sure of but just don't quite understand 12vdc electrical like I do AC hvac electrical. I'm sure someone that knows these systems can spot the issue in minutes and lead me to the fix which I can handle if toss me some info and pointers in how to go about this.