1974 Jav alternator wires

Okay, first off the car wont start.  Battery taken into autozone and checked.  But while trying to figure out why the car wont start (it worked before i took it to a mechanic), I found a short red wire coming off the alternator not connected to anything else.  I was not "stupid" enough to grab for it but my husband was and needless to say, it was live/hot.  Looking at it further, the green, orange and black wires (thin) seem to be right and there is a long (fat) red wire running to the back of the car in a bundle of other wires, but this other red one, which is the same thickness as the long one is just sitting in the car.  Does anyone know what this is?  where it goes to? and could that be the reason my car wont start....open circuit?

The red wire running toward the back of your engine is for the starter. The other red wire should be attached to your alternator. Also the light blue wire picture should go to a good ground. Normally the block ground (light blue) cable in the picture is ground to the engine crossmember on the passenger side. If you do a search hear in the forum. I believe there is a few electrical diagrams posted that you can view.

Adoriah wrote: lets see if i can figure out how to post a pic.

Connect the red wire from the alt, to the pigtail off the pos cable.

Yeah there is more wrong....the shop screwed it all up....lol.  I think i just may have to do a new alternator/starter/regulator and be done with it....lol.

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Edited by cwkelley75 - Sep/16/2011 at 5:09pm