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Yep, pretty straightforward.
The problem is that back then Ford did not use an ammeter with a light. So all the diagrams show one or the other. Not both.
For that you’d want to use diagram off a more modern vehicle perhaps, but in that case, they don’t use ammeters at all in most cases.
And none of them have external regulators anymore anyway.
Maybe a diagram from an 82 or 83 bronco?
The regulator either had four wires and a light, or three wires and an ammeter.
With the full-size trucks, getting a gauge with a shunt and our Broncos with an inductive ammeter.
I’ve never even experimented with what would happen if you added a light into the S circuit on a 3-wire bronco regulator, or an ammeter with a 4-wire hook up.
Does the addition of a bulb to the circuit on a bronco cause an inconsistent voltage drop? Perhaps a light on the dash that flickers or glows dimly?
And does the addition of an ammeter on a four wire hook up change how the ammeter reads, or also do something that makes the light work inconsistently?
It’s either four or three wires, do you need to add a diode to the resistor circuit?
All questions that I have never seen answered.
Any ideas on either of those scenarios Steve83?
