Charging system

F goes to the field terminal on alt (orange wire) A goes to the battery side of the starter solenoid (yellow wire) S goes to the stator terminal on the alt )white w/black strip wire) I goes to the idiot light (green w/red stripe wire)

Whitelightning

Thanks whitelightning. How does the ignition wire into this system? thanks again

clarify what you mean by ignition wire into system. If you mean tie into the charging system, its through the idiot light circuit. so terminal "I" goes to one side of the idiot light, and the other side goes to ignition switch.

Whitelightning

On Fri, 12 May 2006 04:04:46 +0000, Whitelightning rearranged some electrons to form:

There's also a resistor in parallel with the idiot light.

Thanks Dave forgot all about that. And I had to dig in old manuals to find its a 15 ohm resister.

Whitelightning

yes, what I meant was how is the ignition switch hooked into the system. I don't have an idiot light. I am installing a 460 into a 56 ford panel truck and am starting from scratch. One diagram I saw, shows the S terminal on the alt. hooked to the electric choke on the carb (which I do have). If this is correct, does the S terminal on the alternator still get hooked to the S on the regulator? I appreciate the responses from all, and your continued patience with my ignorance, Thanks, hwyhog

What manuals could I find to show this hook-up....the only Ford ones I have are with the internal regulator? Also, I appreciate the color of the wires you included whitelightning, now I can wire it up to factory codes.

On Fri, 12 May 2006 13:16:09 -0700, hwyhog rearranged some electrons to form:

Yes. The choke hookup prevents the electric choke from operating unless the alternator is actually turning (ie. engine running)

Make sure your truck has a 12-volt system, not sure when they converted from 6-volt but it was probably around that time.