With the cold weather, and well, life, my progress on the m38 has slowed a bit. I was due for an ICD (Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillator) replacement which was going to put me on light duty for a few weeks while I healed up, so my wife kicked me to the garage (my happy place).
I took the time to tackle the remaining wiring and mounting for my GM alternator conversion. I built the brackets earlier (
Read about that here). I was never satisfied with the upper mount, so I had to come up with a better and more solid solution. A convenient piece of tube and a switch from threaded rod with nuts to a bolt really changed it for the better.
For the wiring, rather than a dash light, I wired a diode inline to excite the alternator when the ignition coil is engaged. The diode will prevent feedback when I shut it off. A short universal battery cable from Princess Auto completed the wiring to the positive on the battery. Don't be like me, remember it goes to the Batt terminal, not the ground bolt on the alternator (Yeah, that was fun)
All my cables are routed and neatly bundled with fabric wiring harness tape. I decided to try it out after a segment in a video from
Sarah-n-Tuned. Seems like it may hold up better than electric tape under the hood.
With the cold weather, and well, life, my progress on the m38 has slowed a bit. I was due for an ICD (Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillator) replacement which was going to put me on light duty for a few weeks while I healed up, so my wife kicked me to the garage (my happy place). 
I took the time to tackle the remaining wiring and mounting for my GM alternator conversion. I built the brackets earlier (Read about that here). I was never satisfied with the upper mount, so I had to come up with a better and more solid solution. A convenient piece of tube and a switch from threaded rod with nuts to a bolt really changed it for the better. 
For the wiring, rather than a dash light, I wired a diode inline to excite the alternator when the ignition coil is engaged. The diode will prevent feedback when I shut it off. A short universal battery cable from Princess Auto completed the wiring to the positive on the battery. Don't be like me, remember it goes to the Batt terminal, not the ground bolt on the alternator (Yeah, that was fun) 
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