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simonjb
post Nov 4 2018, 11:17 AM
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So the good news is that I managed to get the new engine started today. She fired right up after a crank or two and ran great!! First time in 2 years...

Then, I noticed the alternator light was on -RED. Then I noticed a bunch of smoke from the engine bay. Turned her off and...The red wire from the starter to the alternator was red hot and burning...it burnt all the way to the alternator from the starter.......

The battery was also making strange noises....and was very warm

When I got the engine the harness was already connected. I connected the longer end to the starter. and also plugged it in to the relay board

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Sounds like something wasn't connected right? Perhaps the red wire wasn't connected correctly to the alternator?
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post Nov 4 2018, 01:07 PM
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Clay wrote;
Hiya... Glad you are here. One thing to check on the electrical stuff... make sure the stud on the back of the alt for the positive battery wire doesn't hit the cover. It happens all the time with rebuilt alternators. Causes one hell of a short. I always put the wire on, and take a dremel and cut the remainder of the stud off. Then I make sure the boot is over the stud.
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simonjb   Good news ...Bad news   Nov 4 2018, 11:17 AM
Mike Bellis   That would be a dead short to cause the burned wir...   Nov 4 2018, 11:36 AM
mepstein   Glad it wasn't a whole lot worse.   Nov 4 2018, 11:39 AM
wndsrfr   Glad it wasn't a whole lot worse. As beautif...   Nov 4 2018, 11:50 AM
dlee6204   Was this a rebuilt alternator? Likely the stud te...   Nov 4 2018, 01:06 PM
North Coast Jim   Was this a rebuilt alternator? Likely the stud t...   Nov 5 2018, 08:26 PM
dr914@autoatlanta.com   Was this a rebuilt alternator? Likely the stud t...   Nov 6 2018, 09:52 AM
72hardtop   Was this a rebuilt alternator? Likely the stud t...   Sep 10 2019, 02:26 AM
sixnotfour   Clay wrote; Hiya... Glad you are here. One thing t...   Nov 4 2018, 01:07 PM
simonjb   Clay wrote; Hiya... Glad you are here. One thing ...   Nov 4 2018, 01:18 PM
ClayPerrine   Clay wrote; Hiya... Glad you are here. One thing ...   Nov 4 2018, 08:50 PM
simonjb   Yes, it was quite a scare and I was ready to pull ...   Nov 4 2018, 01:14 PM
JOEPROPER   I've been trying to follow this build and lost...   Nov 4 2018, 02:57 PM
simonjb   So I managed to get the alternator out.. As you ...   Nov 5 2018, 05:53 PM
mepstein   We take our starters and alternators to a local ba...   Nov 5 2018, 05:56 PM
simonjb   perhaps this is what happened ? Its the washer tha...   Nov 5 2018, 06:03 PM
Spoke   How does that 2nd stud compare with a stock 914 al...   Nov 5 2018, 07:17 PM
dlee6204   I’ve also seen it before on a rebuilt unit where...   Nov 6 2018, 06:23 AM
simonjb   So it looks like the post was not too high - rathe...   Nov 6 2018, 10:50 AM
simonjb   Here is the solution...cut the edge off the washer...   Nov 6 2018, 10:52 AM
sixnotfour   from samba template for alternator gasket 02190363...   Nov 6 2018, 02:42 PM
simonjb   from samba template for alternator gasket 0219036...   Nov 6 2018, 03:50 PM
mgphoto   from samba template for alternator gasket 021903...   Nov 28 2018, 12:13 PM
ClayPerrine   That flat sided cover doesn't look quite right...   Nov 8 2018, 02:03 PM
ClayPerrine   That flat sided cover doesn't look quite righ...   Sep 10 2019, 08:02 AM
simonjb   So a nice package arrived today from Mr Bowlsby......   Nov 26 2018, 07:34 PM
rgalla9146   I recently had this problem with a rebuilt alterna...   Nov 26 2018, 09:24 PM
sixnotfour   :)   Sep 6 2019, 03:06 AM
dcheek   This confirms what my daily driver mechanic sugges...   Sep 12 2019, 04:11 PM
mepstein   We always take the alternators and starters to a l...   Sep 12 2019, 04:26 PM


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