I'm in the process of converting my 82 4WD to an "RE", for a little motivation, I figured I would hook up the starter and alternator, and just make sure the damn thing turns over. Well, lucky me, as soon as I started to crank the motor over, one of the 3 wires that goes between the alternator and regulator on the inner fender started to burn. I double checked and made sure all grounds were on, and as far as I know, the alternator only has a plug (that only goes on one way) and the other little lead (where you throw the nut back on) Sooooo.... I tried a couple more times after I checked around, and the covering completely melted off the wire.
Damn I hate the smell of burning wires. I am usually pretty good with wiring but this one has me stumped. Oh yeah, there is a little resistor on the back of the alternator that has a wire that needs to be bolted to something, I grounded that wire to the alternator body, (this was after the first couple times of burning the wire) and it still did it afterwards, Long story short, I need some help, anyone have any ideas???
