stingray69

Trying to finish minor things on a TPI swap into '78 Camaro. The alternator connector has 4 small and one large terminal.

Due to having to reroute column connector wires to accommodate the digital guage package (ancient Cyberdyne), I am running a dedicated ignition power wire to a circa '87 TPI alternator, at least I think its '87 TPI...Had been told to use the second terminal of the four smaller ones in the connector, only, nothing else needed-but this doesn't seem to do it.

In looking at diagrams, it seems that some had a jumper form the large wire to one of the terminals, and ignition power was to go to another terminal-but it seems that EVERY application is different...different terminals in each one.

My understanding was all I needed to do was run ignition power to the second terminal, and no jumper needed from large wire in connector to any small terminal.

How can I find what it takes to do this without risking just burning it up?

By the way, an alternator shop had told me to use the second small terminal, when I had burned up the regulator by mistakenly feeding it battery power. 6 years later, I find that this isn't working...

Can anybody steer me right?