1982 mercruiser 470 Over Charging

[Cheech75]

Hi, I have a 1982 Sea Ray mercruiser 470, 4cyl. 3.7 engine which has stators built in behind the harmonic balance, wired to a water cooled electronic regulator that is over charging the battery, The higher the RPM's the higher the charging voltage , peaking at 17 volts .

I want to disable the original system and mount a 1 wire 110 amp V belt driven alternator to the engine.

The 1 wire alternator mounting to the engine should be no problem, and a 10 gauge 1 wire connects directly to the positive battery terminal.

Question:
How to disable the original charging circuit.
By disconnecting the two stator wire connectors, which if any other wires must be disconnected from the original regulator.

Thanks

 

[Chris1956]

You probably want to post this in the Merc I/O section.

 

[Bt Doctur]

complete remove the regulator , securly cap and tale the yellow leads. cap the Red Wire, you can remove the Orange wire completely and run a new one from the alt to the starter

 

[achris]

A lot of people pull the balancer off and remove the stator completely. Remove the regulator and install a short length of copper tube. Tape up or otherwise insulate any wires that were going to the regulator.

Chris...