Cottontail
Three-De Off-Road
- Location
- Nashville, TN
Ok...I'm going to pull the trigger on the ZJ alternator sometime in the very near future. Got a lot of searching done last night and bookmarked 3 pretty good write ups. However, here are my questions.
1. Anyone with a good write up on making and replacing upgraded cables? Lots of incomplete write ups with lots of technical jargon. I found this (http://www.bc4x4.com/tech/2004/jeepalt/) write up in about half a dozen threads, but it is a dead link. This seems to be the most intimidating part of the upgrade to me as I understand very little about the electronics under the hood...especially the parts about adding in fuses....and there just seems to be a mess of wires under my hood! I would prefer to follow a write up and make my own rather than buy them, just for the hands on learning experience.
2. Any way to determine if a junkyard if an alternator is good or crap?
3. There seems to be a small contingency of posters in the 10 or 12 threads I read through last night that beleive in a 2001 I don't need to upgrade the wiring if I am only using OEM items...meaning I am not powering extra lights, a winch, an amp or sub, etc. Thoughts?
4. There was also some talk about just going grande and getting the 160 from a Durango rather than stopping at the 136. I am guessing without the need to power a bunch of crap that is just over kill?
1. Anyone with a good write up on making and replacing upgraded cables? Lots of incomplete write ups with lots of technical jargon. I found this (http://www.bc4x4.com/tech/2004/jeepalt/) write up in about half a dozen threads, but it is a dead link. This seems to be the most intimidating part of the upgrade to me as I understand very little about the electronics under the hood...especially the parts about adding in fuses....and there just seems to be a mess of wires under my hood! I would prefer to follow a write up and make my own rather than buy them, just for the hands on learning experience.
2. Any way to determine if a junkyard if an alternator is good or crap?
3. There seems to be a small contingency of posters in the 10 or 12 threads I read through last night that beleive in a 2001 I don't need to upgrade the wiring if I am only using OEM items...meaning I am not powering extra lights, a winch, an amp or sub, etc. Thoughts?
4. There was also some talk about just going grande and getting the 160 from a Durango rather than stopping at the 136. I am guessing without the need to power a bunch of crap that is just over kill?