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Well the alt regulator wires (sensing and gauge cluster wires) were not wired up to anything, so I wired them up to the proper wires that are part of the main engine compartment harness, this is the same harness that connects to the speed sensor, it comes out the bottom of the fuse box.. The other wires that were also not connected were the neutral switch so those were connected to the 3rd plug down on the side of the fuse box, pins 3&8, since the car was an auto before that plug is different from the manual i believe. The other wires in that 8 wire plug (reverse light & speed sensor) were wired up separately, but I going to clean it up and wire them directly off the lower engine harness that comes from the tranny.
The lesson to be learned here is not to pay some guy you know from a local forums to do the wiring even if he has done it before, pay the pros like Wiring Specialties to get the job done right. So here is what I figure is the cost of unnessecary damage caused by this wiring messup.
Previous owner:
bought new dry cell battery - $150can thinking the battery was dead
rebuilt alternator - $180can
shop time trying to diagnose it, no idea
Me:
rebuilt alternator 1st time - $180can
rebuilt alternator 2nd time - $80can - only regulator this time
various wiring items including soldering iron - $40can
being stressed out to the max and having to spend hours in a freezing cold garage when I would much rather spend it with my fiancee- $1,000,000!!hehe
Total cost which could have been totally avoided - $630can or $535US and thats not even including the tax
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