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Old 01-06-2012, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by MercFan View Post
I though that too but the other lead is marked 'Bat' - battery?! If so, why would there be a direct connection to a battery and then a separate connection to the voltage regulator?! Maybe the battery can deal with the spikes and the instrumentation has to go through a regulator to be protected?! Would the alloy jacket be the ground on this thing?
The case is probably ground. Do a search for the alternator using some of the numbers in the casting. What year truck did it come from?
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