Finishing Chevy Engine Installation in a Ford - How to install a repair an electrical system
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Hi I'm Doug. I work with twenty great guys in St. Louis at Doug Jenkins Custom Hot Rods,
and we're going to do some work for you today on Expert Village. Now we're going to remove
the old Ford voltage regulator. The GM engine that we install we always use our one-wire
alternator wherever we can, it eliminates a lot of trouble. So it's an internally regulated
alternator, it doesn't need the old fashioned magnet style voltage regulator. Those things
wear out. Mark's doing a good clean job of getting rid of the old system there and putting
in a new heavy wire there to go from the alternator to the main heavy wire of the battery. So
it's just a matter of finding a good place to grab it. Now he's running the fans, making
sure everything works there correctly. So he's got the good wiring circuit there. We've
chosen to jumper on to the starter solenoid. That's a good circuit for on and off on the
car, it'll turn the alternator on and off well. We just jump on to there. That's a good
heavy connection so that all of the charge goes to the biggest wire on the car. And now
we're just cleaning up all the connections there, so there are no problems when we go
to put fire to this car and soldering again. We use the butane soldering irons; they're
a lot more convenient than an electric one.
