Thread: Where does the Alternator's 3rd wire Control Voltage come from?
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Old 08-09-2008, 02:13 PM
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just wondering, how did you run the motor with the cluster out of the car(oil pressure gauge)?
Got the gauge today. I'm about to open it and give it a go! Thanks!!!

You'll laugh but I actually drove the car with NO cluster. I just put a piece of cut rubber (to the size of the hole in the oil pressure gauge) into the old gauge to plug it and off it went. The 617 runs fine with out power.
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