The big red one is the direct to battery connection. Its always hot.

Put your meter between there and ground and you'll read battery voltage,
start it up and you should see alternator voltage.

Report back.  :-)

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> I just put a reman alternator on my 2.1. It isn't working at all. I'd
> like to confirm that there are two points of connection: one larger
> stud where the two red wires come together from the left and right,
> and the other is the blue wire to the dash LED.
>
> Besides that, where do I put a VM to make sure it's not charging?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>

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