M 1008 Alternator lost magic blue smoke

[mattsmoski]

Alternators needed to be replaced so bought two new ones from. Installed both that are isolated ground 12 volt 100 amp. Wiring correct on both, old capacitor on on gen 2 places on outside. Connected batteries and passenger alternator smoked also something on fire wall. I have no idea what could have gone wrong. So both alternator s are isolated grounds. Any ideas? mattsmoski@centurylink.net

 

[MarcusOReallyus]

Did you double check that the alts are isolated ground? They are pretty rare, so if you didn't check it for yourself with a meter, that's the first thing to look at.

Smoke on the firewall area is probably a fusible link. Lots of info on them in the Helpful Threads sticky, located at the top of the CUCV forum.


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