Isolate your alternator.  Just connect your battery + charge wire.  The T connector has two wires.  The top part of the T is ignition hot or excite wire.  Connect a hot wire directly to the top part of the T to battery.  Check out put of alternator at alternator with battery connected to positive and not.  Be careful.  Also be sure that your grounds are good and making contact.  Block to body,  block to battery.

 

Cheers,

I had the voltage regulator and the charge light wires mixed up

 

So now its not reading 18 volts

 

but now all the accessories( lights, turn signals, heater fan, etc) work regardless of the key position even if the key is not in and the parking brake light stays on at all times.

 

EDIT:(never mind not sure if i really fixed it yet)

Edited September 21, 201510 yr by Tye

virgin switch on top of steering column?

virgin switch on top of steering column?

nope double checked that,

that's not the problem 

 

everything accessory related was working fine until i got the alternator wired up properly

 

EDIT:(might not have alternator fixed yet)

Edited September 21, 201510 yr by Tye

Does anyone know how to decipher this, what does alt 1 and alt 2 mean

I am mostly wondering what alt 1 and alt 2 mean

 

I think the B is ground

Is that image from a FSM? 

I'd need to see the entire schematic for the engine electrical system to try to interpret what's what.  There's too much missing in that small image.

Is that image from a FSM? 

I'd need to see the entire schematic for the engine electrical system to try to interpret what's what.  There's too much missing in that small image.

yes it is from a 1992 Subaru legacy fsm

 

Judging by the  schematic and the legend.  W is constant battery voltage.  Y is your ignition battery voltage or excite wire.  BW sais other current.......  Try leaving that disconnected.

Judging by the  schematic and the legend.  W is constant battery voltage.  Y is your ignition battery voltage or excite wire.  BW sais other current.......  Try leaving that disconnected.

so i did have it right

the alternator from Napa, was another bad one

this time i got one from Oreilly it was good and fixed the 18 volts problem

 

thanks everyone for all the help

Well did it fix the original problem?  Don't leave us hanging?....LOL.

Well did it fix the original problem?  Don't leave us hanging?....LOL.

yes i believe it now fires from all cylinders although it has developed a rough/surging idle on start up and will randomly die when put into nuetral

 

also their is a noticeable lack of power,less power than the ea82 i had before.

 

also their is a noticeable lack of power,less power than the ea82 i had before.

check the timing.

check the timing.

i double checked it and its all good

Could it maybe be a sensor causing both problems

also i noticed it was still running quite rich

 

I just replaced the o2 sensor about a week ago

surging idle sound slike a vac leak.

check your vac hoses,

make sure there are no vac hose nipples on the intake

with no hose attached.

surging idle sound slike a vac leak.

check your vac hoses,

make sure there are no vac hose nipples on the intake

with no hose attached.

The surging idle was caused by the idle air control valve, although the power is still really bad will recheck the timing belt tomorrow just to make sure 

does it have a knock sensor?

is it good?

does it have a knock sensor?

is it good?

Not sure, haven't looked yet

 

I decided to pull my injectors and have them rebuilt, also I cleaned out the idle air control valve.

 

I will definitely check that next.

OK this is where I am at right now. I replaced the knock sensor and had the fuel injectors rebuilt, although their is still a lack of power.its indeed most likely the timing belt 

 

 

From looking at it, the timing belt doesn't seem off.

here are some pictures of the timing marks, They all seem to line up

 

 

 

Edited October 10, 201510 yr by Tye

here is a video i made, it may make it easier to tell. 

I am giving it full throttle when i was accelerating

 

at 1:30 I accelerate in second gear at 15 mph

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGAfQquFEXY

unless.......the power I am experiencing is what the ej is supposed to put out

 

although it seems very sluggish

Edited October 10, 201510 yr by Tye

any ideas?

I forgot to mention that i got only about 6 miles per gallon on the last fill up