General Electrical & Lighting Related Topics Ask here for electrical, wiring, and lighting info for your rig that could apply to all years
Sponsored by:
Sponsored by:

1984 22R alternator-regulator wiring

Old 08-28-2017, 04:52 AM
  #21  
Registered User
 
AustinTaco's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 451
Received 3 Likes on 2 Posts
I don't have my notes from my reinstall, but I'll look for them later. It was just a lot of reading on here and manuals to figure out what went where. The Change in aalternators around 84 makes some of the info misleading.
Old 11-04-2017, 11:37 AM
  #22  
Registered User
 
toyota_mdt_tech's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: WA
Posts: 533
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
OK, this system had 3 different charging systems, bad parts was 2 of them, the regulators had the same plug. But different color. I suspect you had a remote IC type, usually about 40 amps, the truck reg connector was white and had 5 wires. This is the remote IC system. The terminals for the alternator was ELF or earth, light and field. Field is an "A" circuit, ie grounding it full fields. Most parts stores hand out the wrong regulator, same plug, but green, this gives you a full field and results in overcharge and eventiually may damage the diode trio in the alternator.

The alternator I see is not a remote ICtype and the regulator being aftermarket is hard to tell because it may use 5 wires, but a solid state 5 wire was used to replace a mechanical 6 wire. Drawback to this is you probably only needed a set of brushes to fix it, now your core is long gone.

Go back, take alternator and regulator and get one for remote IC type
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
sandyota
84-85 Trucks & 4Runners
18
02-04-2021 11:16 AM
cars-guy
Pre 84 Trucks
7
08-16-2020 06:59 AM
dumpster84
84-85 Trucks & 4Runners
25
04-30-2016 06:03 AM
keithporter83
Pre 84 Trucks
1
07-24-2015 07:37 AM
cars-guy
Pre 84 Trucks
1
07-11-2015 07:51 PM


Thread Tools
Search this Thread
Quick Reply: 1984 22R alternator-regulator wiring



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 05:20 PM.