alternator swap/fusible links
 

This is for people that have bigger alternators. I just put my T2 alternator in and was wandering if I should upgrade the fusible link. Has anyone left the stock link in and if so did you have any problems? I drove it around for awhile and turned all the accessories on and nothing blew up so it seems alright so far. BTW, I totally recommend the swap. Before the voltage would be erratic and sometimes even drop below 12V but now it's a solid 13V even with the headlights, electric fans and fan on full blast. Best of all it only took about 15 minutes. Just used a big nut as the spacer and it bolted straight in. :)

i have everything on and no problems. The alternator doesn't put out more amp, it can handle more amp. The way they work is that different equipment on the car ask for current, say stereo asks for 20A, bow if there is 100A on the other side, it doesn't matter, cause stereo only uses 20A.

I hope you got that

how about upgrading the entire fusible link to the second gen style. anyone got a wiring diagram on how to do this??

i don't think you can do that, cause the setup on the 2nd gen is different and they have different fuses and other stuff

Run a cable of at least 8 gauge wire directly to your battery from the alternator pedestal and you won't have to worry about the fusible link setup. I bought brand new fusibles from Mazdatrix when I made the switch and kicked my "engine" fuse to 25 amps (the box under the dash) at about the same time. No problems to date...:cool:

Ease up on that fuse upsizing.. You're askin for trouble if you go too high.

As for the link to fuse upgrade, the electrical part is simple. On one side of the fuse block, there will be a single connection for the positive side of the battery, and on the other side, there will be seperate terminals for each branch circuit. Use the same rating fuses for the three existing circuits, Main, Left Headlight, and Right Headlight as you have fusible links. The other circuits, do with as you please... Huge ass stereo... Fog Lights... Place acceptable rated fuses in as the manufacturer reccomends.

C'mon, pele, the stock fuse is 20 amps. The 5 amp jump hasn't created any additional heat in the wire or I wouldn't have done it...ASE certified techs were the ones that suggested in the first place. And, yes, they know what they're doing, they're still in business and growing...:cool:

Cool, sounds easy. BTW, whats the rating of the stock fuse links? On the box it just says 0.3, 1.25 and 0.3. What the hell does that mean?

I run a TII alt on my GSL-SE. You will have no problems with it and the stock fusible links. It is not hard to upgrade to a 2nd gen fusblock though. Takes 15 min. And you can take from me, I was an automotive electrician for 10 years.

david88vert,
as long as i have the diagram, i will not have any problem re-wiring it.
got one handy?

thanks

i just did the swap, but it seems as though something is burning, cause i can smell burning plastic i think, or something, and its causing my alt. belt to squeal
how can i fix this?!

I ran one for over 5-6 years and never had any problems either :)

for real? did u hook up both the wires at once too? cause i tried that and it caused all my sensors to light up

running a 80amp alt since like june, with fuseable links with no problems. I ran a big wire from the alt to battery, but other than that its all stock. I plan on upgrading the fuseable links to a fusebox of some kind someday, but its not nessesary.

Just last weekend I replaced my fuseable link with a fused distribution block from an electronics chain in Oz called Jaycar. It looks like this...

http://www1.jaycar.com.au/products_u...Large_4011.jpg

I'm also installing a TII 80Amp alt which i'm currently polishing before installing. I used a 60amp fuse for the main link and 30amp fuses for the other two. I used those values based info I found after searching this site. The car was running for about 10 minutes with no probs.

I've been running a TII alternator for over 2000 miles on stock fuseable links. No problems yet.

Matbe thus will help..(or not)

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...5&pagenumber=2