Merc 470 Voltage Reg conversion to Altnernator

Don100

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Can someone tell me what I should do with the red wire that was originally connected to the voltage regulator>
 

Bt Doctur

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put a one inch piece of fuel hose over the connector and tape it shut. The Orange wire can be removed by un-wrapping the tape
 

Don100

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Thanks Bt, one other question, my alt kit has me connecting the alt positive wire onto the aux starter relay on the battery side.
 

Don100

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One more questions, is it okay to just tape off the leads from the stator?
 

Bt Doctur

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When you do the conversion you normally remove the harmonic balancer, remove the magnets if damaged and remove the 4 allen head bolts and remove the stator. The output wire is connected to the same post that has the battery cable
 

Don100

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Removing the stator was not an option I wanted to tackle. The engine would need to be pulled to remove the harmonic balancer. I just taped of leads for now.
 

Bt Doctur

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If it was a regulator failure then just cut and tape the yellow wires.If a magnet failure then the harmonic balancer must come off and stator removed
 
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