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yea, the jumper wire isn't supplied, and they say to wire it from "pin one to the battery lug" - well my pins aren't numbered, thanks painless. The photo i have is best found on the rock auto website. - http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=1001533&cc=1209260 But yea, you've confirmed what the website kind of talked about - nothing connects to the stator. And I confirmed it by trying to connect things to it only to realize that the wires get really hot.... oops! hopefully i didn't ruin anything... So, I will give the lamp pin to the exciter a try and the sense to the battery lug a try. I found on another site that if you want really good power to your batter to run the (what would be the sense pin) straight to the battery instead of the post - apparently it accomodates for a voltage drop in wires? not sure i fully believe it, but i'm up for trying it. i'll get after it next week and let you know how it all goes. Thanks for the help!

i've done a painless harness, the one you talk about, the 10102, in my 240Z. There are some tricks in there that I figured out with the stock wiring diagram and the painless directions - they don't always jive - specifically the wiper motor and headlights, and one little thing with the ignition. I'm still fighting through wiring the alternator correctly, hopefully i haven't ruined it yet. Once I get it all lined out I plan to do a small write up and post it - in the meantime, good luck!

alright here's what happened: I called painless, I got the reply "we don't do foreign cars" and "we don't build alternators, I don't know how to hook it up, ask the people that sold you the alternator" - hmmmmm So I did some more digging - here's the awesome website I found - haven't tried it yet, but plan to try it and let you know. The uniqueness of my situation vs. his is that in my situation I do not have a stock wiring harness, he did. Wish me luck! http://www.datsunzgarage.com/engine/

Hey everyone, I recently finished up my painless wiring install - 2 years in the making - what a PAIN. Directions are written solely for american cars, my old '71 240Z used a lot of ground switches which painless didn't know about or mention - no biggie, i got most of it figured out. most... I installed a 280Z or ZX alternator into my 260Z engine in my 240Z chassis ... still with me? The alternator is an AC DELCO rebuilt. It has the following terminals: Stator Sense (+) Lamp Battery Earth Earth goes to ground, battery gets hooked up to the fuse block wire provided with the general harness. Where does the exciter wire go and where does the 'jumper' wire go that painless talks about - or is this a one wire alternator? How do you tell? I called painless - they said jump stator to battery post, exciter wire to sense (+). I did this, and my battery was actually back feeding my stator - lots of heat in that wire!! I disconnected, battery started charging up wonderfully. Anyone work with this combination before? I'm going to call painless back later tonight and see what they say...

hey everyone, also pretty new to the scene myself - working towards a reliable 280Z turbo build in a 71 240Z chassis. Currently my stock fuel tank is pretty rough, sending rust to my filter every 80 miles or or less to the point of really really bad running. I still have a carburaeted 260Z engine that the previous owner put in it, but if i convert to a fuel injected engine, if i read this all correctly, i can use a tank from a 75 efi and it'll fit right in place of the old one? no "hammer modifications" needed? no cutting and welding?