S5 ('89) Alternator Install into a 1st Gen

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08-24-06, 08:55 AM

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Sorry, but the Laws of Physics say you are dead wrong, increased power from an alternator is not free...

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08-24-06, 10:53 AM

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The T shaped connector once fell out of my stock alt. When I fired it up it wasn't charging. Then I reved it and it started to charge. No need for a GM one wire alternator.

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08-24-06, 11:43 AM

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The T shaped connector once fell out of my stock alt. When I fired it up it wasn't charging. Then I reved it and it started to charge. No need for a GM one wire alternator.

It doesnt make sense. without a t-connector, it wont charge at all.

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08-24-06, 01:18 PM

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Life often does not make sense.

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03-09-11, 11:40 AM

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Ok so I wired my s5 alt the way it says in this thread but now my car won't start. Can anyone tell me what I did wrong?

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03-09-11, 11:46 AM

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Ok so I wired my s5 alt the way it says in this thread but now my car won't start. Can anyone tell me what I did wrong?

Even with the alternator off it should still start.. I think.

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03-09-11, 12:24 PM

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That's what I thought. Damn so I wonder what the problem is then. Is it possible that the bearings were bad in the other so I had to give it more fuel to compensate for the strain so now it's flooding? Or somethin weird like that?

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