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Just bought the Sparx 3-phase alternator kit (including the rectifier/regulator) for my 75 Mark 3.
Couple of questions, for anyone who has installed this upgrade kit before:
1) wiring from alternator to Sparx regulator: did you bypass the regular harness wiring and just connect the 2 Sparx products directly? Why or why not? If so, did you add bullet connectors to the 3 yellow wires on the regulator unit - to match the bullets from the alternator? (My first reflex would be to bypass the existing wiring)
2) Power (black) and ground (red) from Sparx regulator: did you tap into the existing harness red and black wires that connect to the stock rectifier? Connector types? Or tap in elsewhere? Why?
3) Zenor diodes - Sparx documentation (what there is of it) says to disconnect the diodes, as they are no longer needed. True? Disconnect and tape off the wires? or remove them completely?
Any other thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Keith in Encinitas
Couple of questions, for anyone who has installed this upgrade kit before:
1) wiring from alternator to Sparx regulator: did you bypass the regular harness wiring and just connect the 2 Sparx products directly? Why or why not? If so, did you add bullet connectors to the 3 yellow wires on the regulator unit - to match the bullets from the alternator? (My first reflex would be to bypass the existing wiring)
2) Power (black) and ground (red) from Sparx regulator: did you tap into the existing harness red and black wires that connect to the stock rectifier? Connector types? Or tap in elsewhere? Why?
3) Zenor diodes - Sparx documentation (what there is of it) says to disconnect the diodes, as they are no longer needed. True? Disconnect and tape off the wires? or remove them completely?
Any other thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Keith in Encinitas