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alright...old/original alternator is out. look at all them wires!

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be sure to remember that this little bolt guide needs to be tapped in (towards the radiator) to make...

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The ends of the wires (bottom set) ready for soldering and shrink wrap

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The other side of the wires!! You can throw out this attachment, you won't be using it ever again. ...

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just showing you what it once looked like... sort of

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had to replace busted water pump secondary hoses (one goes to the heater core, the other goes into t...

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another angle on the water pump

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The two power wires...soldered, shrunk and ready to go!

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Did a test fit of the New G3 Alternator and found out it wouldn't fit!!! The left side of the case ...

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another angle of where I need to shave some metal off to make room for the new alternator

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bracket is apparently made of aluminum, so the shaving went quickly

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another angle of where I am cutting out the metal. I eventually cut back all of the way to the rib ...

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I shaved the ends on the elbow hose where the ends had frayed and bubbled allowing the hose to leak....

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over view shot, just before I yanked off the intake tubes.

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oh jeez, look at all that carbon/oil crap in my intakes!!!!

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close up of the braided elbow hose that goes from the water pump to the front of the starboard bank ...

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two hoses back on

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Almost a plumbers nightmare!!

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another over view angle

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metal braiding on the second hose (going to the heater core), and how I routed it to make room for a...

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all dried up and pretty, not a leak in sight!

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Here is the new G3 130 amp alternator in place and working. man putting the serpentine belt back on...

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old top harness goes into an OEM slot, the white wire with a black stripe with the new block style m...

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Another picture showing the proper placement of all wires onto the alternator

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you can see how I rerouted all of the local wires away from the emissions pipe that comes up from th...

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another view with all of the wires

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The 4 guage wire attaches to this side of the selenoid. (the positive terminal)