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Originally Posted by VetteVet
Here's the same diagram with all you need to charge the battery and supply the system with amperage. The advantage of this wiring is that the alternator can feed the circuits without going through the battery as you have it wired. It will also allow the battery gauge to work whereas if you wire the alternator output directly to the battery positive post it bypasses the sensing system for the battery gauge and it won't work.
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Thanks for getting back to me. At this point I've hooked everything up just as it is in the diagram, alternator turned out to actually be a 3 wire and I set it up like everyone has suggested. However.... now when I go to start it I can't get it to fire (I checked the plugs and I have spark. I also have 12 volts at the distributor). Either the purple wire or the main lead to the starter began to smoke after I attempted starting it. I disconnected the purple thinking the connection may be bad, tried again, still smoking.
Thoughts anyone, please and thank you for the help