69 Cruzin 4 Report post Posted June 14, 2017 In need of help please! Can I replace this alternator pigtail or do I need to replace the entire harness that runs across my 69 Hardtop grill? If so what's it called? The problem started I think, when alternator wire melted against alternator then it burnt wiring further up the harness. I'm a newbee to this so I just don't know. Thank you much. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LiLMike 42 Report post Posted June 14, 2017 If you want to keep the stock harness, contact Midlife on here. he is the master of stock wiring harnesses and can refurbish yours or get you one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caseyrhe 650 Report post Posted June 14, 2017 21 minutes ago, LiLMike said: If you want to keep the stock harness, contact Midlife on here. he is the master of stock wiring harnesses and can refurbish yours or get you one. ditto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69 Cruzin 4 Report post Posted June 14, 2017 Thanks for the lead.. I'm new to this forum so how do I sent Midlife a message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mach1 Driver 560 Report post Posted June 14, 2017 Contacting someone doesn't seem to be straightforward since the site reconstruction. You can put your mouse over his avatar (if you can find him) and there's a message button you can click. You can find one of his posts in the Tech Forum, "Do I need the brown solenoid wire?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69 Cruzin 4 Report post Posted June 14, 2017 Will do.. Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Midlife 814 Report post Posted June 15, 2017 We're in contact, and boy, is that plug UGLY. Usually with burned wires, I end up replacing the whole harness, as it is much easier to do. 1 LiLMike reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ClubSport 29 Report post Posted June 15, 2017 Looks like you have a powermaster Alternator : with some luck it can be a single wire Just use the biggest burnt wire (black /Yellow) cut it /clean it and connect it to the alternator and disregard the others - the ground wire can be connected to the body. Disregard the voltage regulator in that case Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69 Cruzin 4 Report post Posted June 15, 2017 Great idea. I'm in the process now of removing harness and letting Midlife do his magic. Thanks for the response. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
danno 128 Report post Posted June 15, 2017 I would assume you have examined the wires that this harness ( shown above) connects to. That is the "underhood harness". Because if these wires got hot, the odds are the ones in the underhood harness did also. It also could have damaged the alternator. You can take the alternator to some parts stores and they can check if for free to make sure it works. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69 Cruzin 4 Report post Posted June 15, 2017 Yes the wire going into the alternator was melted were it was was laying against alternator exposing the bare wire. Just replace alternator and apparently left the wiring against it after install. Is it possible that the short wire got hot and melted because of where it was laying and thus causing other to burn? Just trying to figure what happened Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
danno 128 Report post Posted June 16, 2017 OK, if you know why it failed you are probably ok on the rest of the wires. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
