97 s10 alternator

[quote=”ewhitaker0020″ post=99244]I just replaced the engine on my 97 s10 2.2 liter. When I was putting all the wires back I noticed that I had a large wire that went to the alternator, it has a red boot on it. That wire is fine, I remember exactly where it goes. But I also has another smaller black wire that I also labeled came off of the alternator. Does anybody know where this wire goes? I can’t figure out where it came off of. The large red one came off of the large bolt on the back of the alternator but I’m not sure about this one. Thanks[/quote]

I believe the smaller black is the alt ground. which either goes
to a bracket or block.

[quote=”ewhitaker0020″ post=99300]Very surprisingly it went on the alternator with the large red wire. I tried grounding it to the block and nothing would happen. No interior lights or anything. I moved it to the alt and everything came on. Thanks a lot for your help. And thanks Eric for the Sonoma series! If I hadn’t watched it then I would not have had the courage to attempt to change the motor out in my 97 s10. I’ve never done anything near this complicated before and I was able to complete it almost entirely myself in just 3 days. I had one of my friends helping me get the transmission bolts in and the motor mounts but that’s about it. Thanks for what you do![/quote]

Glad you worked it out. 🙂