I'm swapping a 1995 LT-1 5.7L engine into a 1953 Chevy 3100 pickup with a 4L60E transmission.

The alternator has a plug and one wire I'm assuming goes to the positive side of the battery. I don't know where the plug goes. Is it connected to the PCM? How is the battery voltage regulated?

TIA,

Dan

 

Does this look like a Chevy pickup forum to you?...

 

Well, a big friendly "hello" to you too, T.L.! Nice to know that there's still a bunch of friendly people around CO.

It looks like this particular forum is about engine swaps: https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/engine-swap/

I'm swapping a 1995 Chevy engine from a Camaro into another vehicle. I think it works the same in my application as it did in the Camaro.

Maybe you are right, what was I thinking? A 1995 LT-1 engine that was pulled out of a 1995 Camaro most likely has nothing to do with this forum...

 

i believe the plug you speak of is what tells the alternator to charge. the wire originates at the "gauges" fuse, travels through the gauge cluster to operate the "check gauges" light and voltage gauge, and then to the alternator plug. basically, i think if you apply 12v to that wire on the alternator it will begin to charge.

i purchased a gta from a guy who was swapping the engine/drivetrain from the gta into a similar year (40s-50s) pickup truck.... i wanted the car specifically for the digital dash and interior. they kept the engine wiring harness even though it was specific to the digital gauges that were in the car. i tried to swap/sell him the correct painless wiring swap harness but he didnt want it.
i have often wondered if he ever used that gta harness, and i would bet it went in the trash. lol

 

This forum is for the 1982-1992 Camaro/Firebird. NOT 1995 Camaro, or 1953 ANYTHING.
Has nothing to do with being "friendly"...

 

Relax T.L.

FYI- The F platform, or F-body, was General Motors' rear-wheel drive pony car automobile platform from 1967 until 2002.

Saying "This forum is for the 1982-1992 Camaro/Firebird. NOT 1995 Camaro, or 1953 ANYTHING.
Has nothing to do with being "friendly"..."

Shows y'all aren't knowledgeable about third generation or F-body. The 1995 LT-1 engine works the same in a 1953 Chevy ANYTHING or 1982 Camaro, F-body. Maybe I should have said that I was swapping the engine into a 1982 F-body and it would somehow work differently?

 

on that note, why did you choose this site to ask your question? lol
the site name is thirdgen.org afterall..... being specifically for thirdgen fbodies, which were 82-92. the lt1 was in the 4th gen fbody, not 3rd gen. your alternator question wasnt related to swapping an lt1 into a thirdgen, and you would have gotten more info from an lt1 or 4th gen forum since it was a simple electrical question related to those cars. check out shbox.com for lt1 info.

 

DIGGLER- thank you for your replies. I chose this site mainly because there are a couple pickup truck websites, but one won't let me register and post a question. I guess it's closed to new members? Other people will say that I shouldn't use an LT-1 5.7L engine for various reasons or no reason, just don't use it. It is what it is.

I'm just a 64 year-old retired guy who worked for over 50 years paying taxes. I'm using the engine I've got, swapping it into the pickup truck I've got. Limited budget and an a accountant wife don't let me buy a crate engine and spend $10,000+ plus on a paint job and upholstery.

I've been researching online for months and wanted to know where the one plug on the alternator is attached. I couldn't find it on the schematics or the Haynes Manual. I think I found the answer here: https://www.dirtydingo.com/shop/page...D=108&CDpath=4

I've looked at the shbox.com site, didn't find the answer. lt1swap.com didn't have the alternator wiring either. (But, both websites have tons of information about everything else). Just information, no one guarding the gate to defend their turf.

The LT-1 engine came out of a Camaro and will work like it once did in the Camaro. I know a former coworker who put a LS engine in a Ford. I don't understand why someone would make themselves gatekeeper, take their time to castigate me. That doesn't help anybody. My mama always said if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all. Why force people you most likely will never meet to go away and stay away? I might be able to contribute some information that helps at least one other person, maybe even give a few bucks to the forum, so it seems silly to push people away. I've already spent over $12,000 on this truck, money going back to American boys and girls. I paid and waited over 6 weeks for parts from one company in NE. Don't mind doing that with American mom and pop companies, knowing that my money is going back to US companies. My first car was a 1973 Camaro. Sorry to anybody who thinks I barged in and expected an answer, but I wasn't asking about what people used to call a foreign car. When I started driving the majority of cars on the road were American vehicles. My grandaddy died having never owned anything other than an America car or truck. So I never considered asking my question on a forum for Japanese, German, Swedish, etc., vehicle.

Appreciate the time you've taken to share some information to help me get my truck running down the road. If I see somebody pulled over off the road, I always stop and ask if they need help. Never had anyone kick me to the curb and act like I was out of place or not needed.

 

That is a CS144 alternator on that LT1-connects the same as other CS130 and 144..Stick around here and look at some of the LT1 swaps into 3rd gens you will find on here for more info and ideas Good luck with the project and it will really rock when you get it running properly.

 

Thank you!

 

I removed the entire alternator plug and wire, it terminates with a connector on the ignition switch.

Brown wire from connector labeled "F" to ignition switch with my CSS-144 alternator.

 

No, what it "shows" is that you can't read very well, because this site PLAINLY states that it is for the '82-'92 F-body. It's NOT a site for swapping 1995 engines into 1950s vehicles. The fact that people here swap later model engines into THIRDGENS is irrelevant.
As stated by someone else; you could have AT LEAST gone to a 4th gen forum and they would likely have the answer to your alternator question. So you go to a forum that is NOT related to what you're doing and then complain that someone is "unfriendly".
Maybe I should find a 1950s truck forum and ask my thirdgen F-body questions there. By your logic, that's perfectly normal...

 

CHILL OUT. You just have to have the last word, prove you're right, feed your oversized ego?

I got the answer I was looking for, no thanks to you. Do you "own" this website? Is there a bug up your butt? Thanks to others on this forum- I got the answer to my question. That's what the forum is for- not for people to rant about something so minor.

"Maybe I should find a 1950s truck forum and ask my thirdgen F-body questions there. By your logic, that's perfectly normal..."

Do whatever you want. Free country, thanks to military veterans (which I am).

 

"Free country" doesn't give you the automatic right to barge into a site with a specific focus (82-92 Camaro/Firebird) and treat it as if The Rules that its users, INCLUDING YOURSELF, agreed to follow don't apply to you. You're no better than any of the rest of us, and no more exempt from The Rules than anybody else here, "country" (keeping in mind that this forum is international) aside.

Yes I'm unfriendly, especially to p***ks.. Yes you are a jerk and have no business here. No I'm not interested in arguing about it, because there's nothing to argue about. Facts are facts, there are no "alternative" ones. YATA here, not T.L. He is right, you are wrong.

Go find a 4th gen forum for LT1 questions, and a truck forum for 53 truck questions. Thank you for your service. Doesn't change the basic facts at hand.

 

Y'all need to learn to read-

Engine came out of a Camaro. If I would have said it was going into another Camaro, it's not a problem with you? Others have responded with ADVICE, so it proves your gatekeeper efforts aren't working.

I don't need to go to any other forum- I got my answer and I'm on the road. No thanks to you or your buddy T.L.

So much for me being a ***** and a jerk with no business here on YOUR forum that you personally setup, pay for and operate? You can take the time to send some crappy reply, acting like guard dogs? Y'all need something else to do after you get a room with T.L.

 

this thread flew off the rails and wrecked down in the canyon... as I see it ,question was asked about connecting the alternator on an LT1 engine nothing about the truck it is in. LT1 is a common subject around here and won't be a 1950s chevy truck forum. Jus sayin....

 

the dirtydingo link is for gen 3,4,or 5 stuff. which would be ls or lt later model engines. what you have is a gen 2 lt1.
http://shbox.com/1/starter_charging_95.jpg

click that link and look to the right side where you will see the "generator" aka alternator. you will find your wire coming off of that and going into the gauge cluster.

 

Like I said, you don't read well. That engine DID NOT come out of a '82-'92 Camaro, so again, WRONG car forum. I suppose the guys with engines out of '69 CAMAROs should come here to ask their questions too, huh? Bottom line is you SCREWED UP and instead of owning it, you want to act like a butt-hurt troll. Kick rocks...