Me aint good at wires!!!

I ****** started a fire under the bonnet tonight!!!

I connected the starter solenoid to the positive on the alternator, turned the battery kill switch to on and POOOOF!!!! The bonet was alight! Smoke, flames!!!

I knew there a reason why there were 2 unmarked plugs at the back of the alternator!!!

Whole garage smells of burnt PVC and I ****** have a brown stain in me undies from it!

So anyway my alternator woes have ONLY just begun!

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

hows the engine bay looking now? working order? or rebuild time?

for your sake i hope its not too bad dude

Not a good idea to put the big brown wire onto the (-ve) alternator terminal..

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Dude I'm sorry its my fault, I wrote you a complete set of instructions with all the precausions etc in response to your PM and was gonna post it in the horn topic, but explorer crashed on me and I lost the whole long post and didn't have the time to write it again because of uni and my car which is still stuck alone in Broadway.

I'll post a complete guide on how to do it tonight, but the main thing to remember is to connect the B+ plug to the starter and the light wire to the L side on the moulded plug (if its the Bosch alternator).

BTW are you sure that you had an alternator in your car before and not a dynamo? What side of the battery is connected to the body of the car?

just in case you need them
www.vinwire.com.au
http://www.classicwiringlooms.com.au

Just in case

His car has the early 15AC alternator with the 4TR control box on the RH wing. Like my `70 had..

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Yeah thanks Kev mate!

The reason why I called ya in the first place was "hey doc, errr there are 2 terminals at the back, which one should I stick it into?"



Naah it aint that bad, I just hope I didn't short anything permanently

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

Yeah there's an 8TR in there too... not sure why though...

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

If you remember, you said it had a Clubbie alternator... and they have two + terminals..

<edit> The 8TR probably died so they fitted a 4TR. They are all cr@p these days, IMO- I gave mine away with the POS alternator (after 3 rebuilds) and got a late Clubbie alt. No worries...

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

So just to confirm again Kev, there shouldn't be any other permanent dammage right???

I think I've had enough for tonight... I will buy new thick wire and try again tommorrow... This time I'll have the fire department on speeddial

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

Last time I saw it happen, no damage resulted. Touch wood!!

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

I just want to sulk for awhile...

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

....er....um...still need my help, or is it FUBAR?

Didnt you post saying that your Lucas is gone and youre getting the Bosch conversion?

Do you still need me to post about the Bosch convo?

He's picking one of those up this Saturday and bringing it to my place.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.