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77 wagon voltage regulator ?'s


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ok so i have a 77 wagon everything is still stock motor/electrical wise, the voltage regulator went out and fried all of my lights! if i install a internally regulated alternator do i still need a new external voltage regulator? do i have to jump any wires or leave it there? someone also said about upgrading to a solid state regulator.


 


thanks in advance for any help! this is my first old vehicle!


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yes it does run. it blew the fuseable link off the battery so it was replaced with a inline fuse and it runs fine till that fuse blows. i have to have the plug on the back of the alternator unplugged and it wont blow but with that plugged in it will idle for a few minutes then start popping and shorty after die.

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  • 3 weeks later...

Sounds to me like regulator is definately shot. I got mine at o'rileys for about 20 bones...has to be ordered. I bridged the resistor underneath  about 3/8" with a peice of wire and got it to run14 volts instead of the 10 it hd been producing.

I have wanted to go with an internal regulator unit but do not want the hassle of re-wiring everything. sucks cuz everything is hard wired through the regulator. maybe some day ...... alot of better alternators to choose from.

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you need to cut the plug off your old v/r and make 3 conections. connect the white and white, the white/black and the white/red, the black/white and the blue, and the external ground. Then your new alternator you just need to hook the sense and lamp wires up! to find what ones those were i just went to oriellys website and looked at the alternator i had, in the pictures they show what wires are on the plug for that alternator! mines from a 97 eclipse gst

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