Please someone, check my work to make sure its right!

[Dakota]

Okay, 3g Alternator upgrade is hooked up, want to make sure this is right before it fire it off. I have used "search" extensively to get a plan--thanks to all who have discussed this in the past.

I have a Centech harness, standard 130 amp 3G from junkyard. I cut the yellow ALT wire from the Centech, capped it, and coiled it up. The red BATT from the Centech remains connected to starter block (power for fuse box?) I bought a 4 gauge starter wire and 175 amp inline fuse, and connected the post from the 3g to the + side of the battery. I looped the orange wire on the 3g pigtail to the same post the 4 gauge wire is connected to.

Should be good to go, right?
I have fully charged my battery, which I need to do, right?
It is time to start it?
Once running, where to I put test meter probes to make sure everything's working?

Just looking for a little reassurance that I have not done anything dumb...

 

[Viperwolf1]

I didn't see the "I" or "S" terminal wires mentioned. Wire it just like this diagram. Ignore colors cause centech wires are different.

 

[Dakota]

Sorry, the S wire is connected to a keyed hot, and the other I wire is looped back to its home plug per the pigtail I got with the alternator.

 

[Viperwolf1]

You're cleared for launch then. Measure the battery voltage before and after starting and that will tell you if the alternator is doing anything.

 

[Dakota]

Apparently my junkyard alternator has a bearing out of it, the racket was ridiculous! Gonna have to undo the thing and go get another one. Darn!

 

[oldiron]

I've had that happen before....sucks!!!
Good luck with a replacement.
Greg