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1987-1993
Alternator Tech
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Photo
of 87 - 93 Mustang
after 130amp G3 Upgrade |
134A
Upgrade
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I
have just Upgraded my stock 65amp Alt for A 130... here's how I did
it.
The
stock 87-93 Mustang alt is a Motorcraft "G2" unit
How... Remove
the upper Radiator Hose.
For some reason the bottom bolt wouldn't fit on the New Alt..Grrrrr... wasn't to bad I had to drill out only the lip of the hole...seems like the casting was poor or bad remanufactirung...I only had to drill or lightly grind away to make it a circle so it would fit.
The 4 gauge was routed behind the radiator under the radiator brackets and to the + side of the starter stolinoid.
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Be Aware that all Replacement / Remanufactured Alternators are not clocked correctly. I've recently noticed this when I needed a quick replacement alt for and 87 5.0/manual trans/A/C. I will assume its true for all 87-93 V8 Mustangs. I looked at these alts from AidAuto, Autozone, Pepboys, Straus & Ford & were all the same. On
my 87 (5-speed) The different clocking was too far off to plug in the
plugs. Most of the stores will sell the 75Amp (which is better but still low) unit even though the manual stangs(87/93) came with a 65Amp.
The Stock 87-93 alts are called "G2" Units...but you probably don't really need to know that.
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On my 87 5.0 the alternator light would flash intermittently, thinking that the original 149,000 mile alt had worked longer than I would expect it to & that it was making its last volts, I was planning to upgrade it to the 130 amp unit (see tech section) and thought it was time. Because of the intermittent blinking I was concerned that a wire might be loose or had a bad connection. It turns out that all it needed was to clean the connections to the alt. Slowly pull out the 2 connectors to the alt & clean out the oxidation on both alt & connectors, I also sprayed silicon into them thinking that it would reduce moisture & further oxidation. The result: no blinking alt light. Again... there may be other reasons for the same situation with your vehicle but this may help those who suffered from my exact problem... |
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