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How to wire up a different alternator


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I have an 89 MJ with a mercedes om606 engine in it. I'm currently trying to figure out how to wire it up. I figured it would be pretty self explanitory but the mercedes alternator has two posts, a "B+ and D+" while the jeep one had a battery terminal and a connector for a tan wire and a yellow wire. After looking at wire diagrams I see these two wires hook up to a regulator in the jeep alternator. From what I could figure out with some research, european alternators use B+ for the battery, and D+ is for the exciter wire and all other functions or something. 

 

So do I just directly connect the yellow and tan wires from the jeep to this D+ terminal?

 

Or maybe theres something else I have to do like connect the yellow one to the D+ terminal and the tan one to a 12v in the run position wire. Kinda hoping someone will know exactly what the jeep alternator does to the yellow and tan wire. I'll send some various pics in a moment

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I labeled the B+ and D+, that other wire is for a resistor or capacitor or whatever that thing is on the back and it’s supposed to be connected to that spade that’s why i drew the line.

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the main battery connection on the alternator and the plug in my hand 

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the yellow wire comes from that plug to here where it goes thru some kind of splice or fusable link ig then into the harness for all the other stuff.

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the tan wire comes from that plug and into this plug then to the instrument cluster according to the wiring diagram 

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