Originally posted by 1987cp
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The only difference I could see between the old and new regulator (logo aside) was that the connector was two pieces on the new unit. This meant the regulator itself just had flat metal blades, and the pigtail had the female to mate to that. The oem regulator appeared to have a one piece wiring connector, so you could not pull of the female portion and slot it into the new regulator.
85 4 door 351 Civi Crown Victoria - Summer daily driver, sleeper in the making, and wildly inappropriate autocross machine
160KMs 600cfm holley, shorty headers, 2.5" catted exhaust, 255/295 tires, cop shocks, cop swaybars, underdrive pulley, 2.73L gears.
waiting for install: 3.27's, Poly bushings, boxed rear arms, 2500 stall converter, ported e7's, etc
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Having a bit of trouble visualizing the trouble, as the stock regulators I've seen just have four flat male terminals that plug into the stock plug. Or were yours like male spade connectors? Just seems inconceivable to me that a replacement regulator wouldn't plug right in without a stupid adapter.2012 Mazda5 Touring | Finally working on the LTD again!
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the new one was as you describe (four flat male terminals) but the original's was either all one piece or perfectly fused together, so that the only way to separate wires from regulator would have been to pull them physically out of the plug. The "plug" and the area with the "terminals" was one piece. no obvious way to remove them.Originally posted by 1987cp View Post
That meant that the new regulator had nothing to connect to without buying a new pigtail/connector.
85 4 door 351 Civi Crown Victoria - Summer daily driver, sleeper in the making, and wildly inappropriate autocross machine
160KMs 600cfm holley, shorty headers, 2.5" catted exhaust, 255/295 tires, cop shocks, cop swaybars, underdrive pulley, 2.73L gears.
waiting for install: 3.27's, Poly bushings, boxed rear arms, 2500 stall converter, ported e7's, etc
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Oh, so you were unable to get the plug off the old regulator?2012 Mazda5 Touring | Finally working on the LTD again!
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it appeared to be designed so that there was no plug, per se. where you inserted the wires was integral to the regulator. I'll try and get a picture later, but in essence there wasn't any way I could figure to remove the old regulator beside cutting wires, even if that wasn't going to be done anyway.
85 4 door 351 Civi Crown Victoria - Summer daily driver, sleeper in the making, and wildly inappropriate autocross machine
160KMs 600cfm holley, shorty headers, 2.5" catted exhaust, 255/295 tires, cop shocks, cop swaybars, underdrive pulley, 2.73L gears.
waiting for install: 3.27's, Poly bushings, boxed rear arms, 2500 stall converter, ported e7's, etc
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hm, those wires should be on a big common plastic plug. They aren't hard-wired in. Sounds like the plug had gotten stuck, or maybe in the past it crumbled and someone just shoved the individual wires onto the terminals.86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley
91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry
1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal
Originally posted by phayzer5
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I'm guessing it overheated or something and fused. Maybe even someone snapped off whatever retainer type things held them together, and then it melted enough to fuse. it looks basically like a seamless version of the new stuff.
Whatever though, it's gone and not garnering weird looks at traffic lights anymore. Thank y'all for leading me on the right path.
85 4 door 351 Civi Crown Victoria - Summer daily driver, sleeper in the making, and wildly inappropriate autocross machine
160KMs 600cfm holley, shorty headers, 2.5" catted exhaust, 255/295 tires, cop shocks, cop swaybars, underdrive pulley, 2.73L gears.
waiting for install: 3.27's, Poly bushings, boxed rear arms, 2500 stall converter, ported e7's, etc
06 Mazda 3 hatch 2.3L 5AT (winter beater that cost more than my summer car)Comment
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