-Cs130 in place of the stock 10si
-stock bracket and wiring were intact
-new alternator adapted with Napa/Echlin pigtail ec82
Things were working fine. Battery routinely held 12v and showed 14v when running. Then I tried the bulltear bracket but it didn’t fit with my specific alternators case... another story for another day...
Anyway, I go to reconnect all the wiring that had worked fine before and find the exciter wire had been pulled from its harness, and won’t go back in.
So I go find a new stock replacement for that side of the harness, thinking I’ll solder the wires and be done with it.
But the white wire on the new one is copper strands, unlike the exciter is later discover. I still (mistakenly) attempted to connect the two, and then plugged them into the ec82 si/cs pigtail, which plugs into the alternator
This pigtail appears to have a resister heat shrunk into its yellow wire, out of the box.
So let me just say now, this DOES NOT WORK
The battery was dead at the onset I guess, so I jump-boxed the battery. Even with the Key off, as soon as the negative was connected, the starter kicked on, and stayed on AFTER the motor fired up.
I immediately pulled the jump box’s negative, and the starter stopped spinning.
I then cut out the copper/exciter “solder” joint, wondering if it had ever been in use in the first place, and jumped the vehicle again, starting it normally this time.
What wasn’t normal was the 10v showing on the multimeter with the engine running. This lasted 30 seconds until the motor stalled, and coming on here was my next move.
So my question is... what on earth did I do??
And more importantly, how do I get back to running reliably down the road again?