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1983 alternator wiring

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turbo'dstangGT

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Hey guys I have a quick question...I have an 83 mustang GT stock alternator W/ external regulator I had 2 smaller wires in the alternator harness one is stator and one is field the field i believe is the one with the black cap? that ran to my choke on the old 5.0 car now has a chokeless carb and has been switched to a 351W can i just get rid of that wire then? and the red capped one is the stator right? Please help guys i really wanna hear this beast run
 

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Yes you can lose the choke wire now, start it up already
 

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So the red is capped is the stator and the black capped one is the field wire?
 

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Ttt

anyone guys?
 

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I swapped to a 3G so I dont remember the colors, the one to the choke though is just for the choke nothing else, try it out, worse thing that will happen is it wont charge
 
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