Im not sure what to do
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From: Bonney lake Washington
So when I took my alternator off the other day one of the wires came right out of the the connector. Now of course my aternaltor does not work properlly and my battery is draining. Please dont tell me I need to get a new wiring harness. Ill get pics tonight to show you guys.
You can repair the harness by removing the plastic shielding and solder the wires together. Follow up by insulating the solder with some heat shrink tubing. Then place wire back in tubing and re-wrap it closed with a high temp electrical tape.
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From: Bonney lake Washington
Same thing happened to mine. I went to a junkyard and cut the connector and wires from a car that used the same type and then did the repair as mentioned above. someone on here may have a junk harness to get the connector with wire tails from.
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You need to splice on a new connector, don't just jam the wire back in. I believe the 89-91 2nd gens use the same connector for the alternator. It might be easier to find than an FD connector.
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I may be missing something basic, but maybe you could just call Ray at Malloy and see if they can sell you just a new connector? If that is not possible, then why not just buy a new connector from an autoparts store, and cut the old connector off of both the alternator and harness and just solder the new connector on? I know that changing the alternator in the future would be a hassle, but it should work fine.



