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Old Oct 8, 2020 | 10:20 PM
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Greetings Fellow Corvette Enthusiasts,

My 77' Early Vette.

I need to know how (2) alternator wires connect to the alternator harness (photos below). There are (5) wires in total (2) thick red wires, (1) small brown wire, (1) thick black wire, (1) thin green wire.

I'm unsure of placemen for (2) of them. The wires I'm uncertain of one thick red wire and one thin small brown wire. They connect to either R1 or F2, but I want to be sure.

(1) thin green wire connects to a female something under the left engine headers,
(1) thick red wire connects to the battery bolt on the back of the alternator,
(1) thick black wire connects to GRD on the back of the alternator.

(1) remaining thick red wire connects to ?????
(1) thin brown wire connects to ?????

Also, my voltmeter is not working but we can get to that next....

Any help would be greatly appreciated.






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Old Oct 8, 2020 | 11:21 PM
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There should be a white 2 wire plastic connector that one of the 2 #10 Red wire & the Brown #20 wire snap into. This is the wire orientation into the plug, white wire will be your brown wire.
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You seem to know where the other #10 Red wire lands.
I will let you find where the #18 Dk.Green and black wires go when you look at the manual in the link below...
Again I will direct you to the link post #9:https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c3-tech-performance/4440670-mystery-electrical-problem-77-vetter.html


Last edited by bmotojoe; Oct 9, 2020 at 06:59 AM. Reason: Changed Dk.Green Wire Size From #20 To #18
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