Doug,

This single wire system is negative ground based. You must change from
the factory positive ground to negative ground.

http://www.vtr.org/maintain/negative-ground.html

The starter does not care which way it's hooked up.

I found after three blown fuses, that the pin that holds the contacts on
the wiper motor closed short to ground. I glued a piece of plastic to
the spot where the pin pushes on the contact. Problem solved. While your
in there you can fix those wipers that stop in the middle of the
windshield when you turn the switch off.

Oh ya, one more thing I just found after some wet feet swims. You have
to change the BILGE PUMP wires around also. My Walmart special was
running backwards.

Take a GM alternator from a 74-83 car to your favorite shop. The guy who
did mine said it did not even have to work. They replace all the guts
and use only the case. It cost me $42 for the conversion to a single
wire alternator. The new regulator on it's own is about $15. The farmers
are buying these things like crazy for their old tractors. When the car
first starts the alternator is off. A rev up to about 800 rpm and the
unit kicks in, runs even at idle. 14.7 volts

I think these two projects took about four hours total. three and a half
hours of which were making the top bracket for the alternator.

Scott Moses
Kansas




        
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