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replacing alternator

From 1989 Ford Bronco “Big Burgandy Beeyotch (B3)”, documented by Kurt Rohmer.

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1989 Ford Bronco - alright...old/original alternator is out. look at all them wires! 1989 Ford Bronco - be sure to remember that this little bolt guide needs to be tapped in (towards the radiator) to make room for the new alternator 1989 Ford Bronco - The ends of the wires (bottom set) ready for soldering and shrink wrap 1989 Ford Bronco - The other side of the wires!! You can throw out this attachment, you won't be using it ever again. *the one with one white wire with black… 1989 Ford Bronco - just showing you what it once looked like... sort of 1989 Ford Bronco - had to replace busted water pump secondary hoses (one goes to the heater core, the other goes into the engine block, the starboard bank act… 1989 Ford Bronco - another angle on the water pump 1989 Ford Bronco - The two power wires...soldered, shrunk and ready to go! 1989 Ford Bronco - Did a test fit of the New G3 Alternator and found out it wouldn't fit!!! The left side of the case was hitting this part of the alternator… 1989 Ford Bronco - another angle of where I need to shave some metal off to make room for the new alternator 1989 Ford Bronco - bracket is apparently made of aluminum, so the shaving went quickly 1989 Ford Bronco - another angle of where I am cutting out the metal. I eventually cut back all of the way to the rib on the alt. bracket so it isn't rounded… 1989 Ford Bronco - I shaved the ends on the elbow hose where the ends had frayed and bubbled allowing the hose to leak. cut off about 1/2 inch on either end.… 1989 Ford Bronco - over view shot, just before I yanked off the intake tubes. 1989 Ford Bronco - oh jeez, look at all that carbon/oil crap in my intakes!!!! 1989 Ford Bronco - close up of the braided elbow hose that goes from the water pump to the front of the starboard bank of the block. I couldn't use the 7/8's… 1989 Ford Bronco - two hoses back on 1989 Ford Bronco - Almost a plumbers nightmare!! 1989 Ford Bronco - another over view angle 1989 Ford Bronco - metal braiding on the second hose (going to the heater core), and how I routed it to make room for all of the wires I rerouted away from th… 1989 Ford Bronco - all dried up and pretty, not a leak in sight! 1989 Ford Bronco - Here is the new G3 130 amp alternator in place and working. man putting the serpentine belt back on was a beeyotch. 1989 Ford Bronco - old top harness goes into an OEM slot, the white wire with a black stripe with the new block style male connector goes right underneath, th… 1989 Ford Bronco - Another picture showing the proper placement of all wires onto the alternator 1989 Ford Bronco - you can see how I rerouted all of the local wires away from the emissions pipe that comes up from the exhaust manifold. 1989 Ford Bronco - another view with all of the wires 1989 Ford Bronco - The 4 guage wire attaches to this side of the selenoid. (the positive terminal)