Re: XJ alternator lead question
It is actually a chunk of wire that is a thermal protection link.
The wire has a soft rubber insulation on it and can be purchased by the foot from the dealer or at some good automotive shops. It is also normally 2 gauge sizes smaller than the harness circuit it protects. Most alternator main wires are 10 ga. The fuse link is a 14 ga one for that. Fuse link wires also have to be attached with crimp connectors. Soldering them ruins them. Mike kid4lyf wrote: > > Do you know what the value is of that fusable link? > > "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message > news:3FE9C34B.150D19E7@sympatico.ca... > > It hooks up to the smaller red wire off the battery at the power > > distribution box. > > > > Just a heads up. You cannot just 'change' that wire. It has a fuse > > link crimped onto the end by the distribution box that is the only > > overload protection the alternator has. Removing this can/will cause > > fires if something messes up later. > > > > The fuse link is about 8" long with a loop end on the bolt the battery > > cable hooks onto and a large rubber tube shaped crimp connector on the > > alternator side of the link. > > > > Mike > > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 > > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's > > > > kid4lyf wrote: > > > > > > I'm upgrading all the battery cables on my '99 XJ and was wondering > where > > > the main lead off the alternator goes. I really don't want to tear apart > the > > > harness if I don't have to. |
Re: XJ alternator lead question
It is actually a chunk of wire that is a thermal protection link.
The wire has a soft rubber insulation on it and can be purchased by the foot from the dealer or at some good automotive shops. It is also normally 2 gauge sizes smaller than the harness circuit it protects. Most alternator main wires are 10 ga. The fuse link is a 14 ga one for that. Fuse link wires also have to be attached with crimp connectors. Soldering them ruins them. Mike kid4lyf wrote: > > Do you know what the value is of that fusable link? > > "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message > news:3FE9C34B.150D19E7@sympatico.ca... > > It hooks up to the smaller red wire off the battery at the power > > distribution box. > > > > Just a heads up. You cannot just 'change' that wire. It has a fuse > > link crimped onto the end by the distribution box that is the only > > overload protection the alternator has. Removing this can/will cause > > fires if something messes up later. > > > > The fuse link is about 8" long with a loop end on the bolt the battery > > cable hooks onto and a large rubber tube shaped crimp connector on the > > alternator side of the link. > > > > Mike > > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 > > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's > > > > kid4lyf wrote: > > > > > > I'm upgrading all the battery cables on my '99 XJ and was wondering > where > > > the main lead off the alternator goes. I really don't want to tear apart > the > > > harness if I don't have to. |
Re: XJ alternator lead question
It is actually a chunk of wire that is a thermal protection link.
The wire has a soft rubber insulation on it and can be purchased by the foot from the dealer or at some good automotive shops. It is also normally 2 gauge sizes smaller than the harness circuit it protects. Most alternator main wires are 10 ga. The fuse link is a 14 ga one for that. Fuse link wires also have to be attached with crimp connectors. Soldering them ruins them. Mike kid4lyf wrote: > > Do you know what the value is of that fusable link? > > "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message > news:3FE9C34B.150D19E7@sympatico.ca... > > It hooks up to the smaller red wire off the battery at the power > > distribution box. > > > > Just a heads up. You cannot just 'change' that wire. It has a fuse > > link crimped onto the end by the distribution box that is the only > > overload protection the alternator has. Removing this can/will cause > > fires if something messes up later. > > > > The fuse link is about 8" long with a loop end on the bolt the battery > > cable hooks onto and a large rubber tube shaped crimp connector on the > > alternator side of the link. > > > > Mike > > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 > > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's > > > > kid4lyf wrote: > > > > > > I'm upgrading all the battery cables on my '99 XJ and was wondering > where > > > the main lead off the alternator goes. I really don't want to tear apart > the > > > harness if I don't have to. |
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