New loom help....

[Russbmx]

Hiya, hoping one of you guys might be able to help me out, I'm fitting a complete new loom into my 1600 74 rhd bay. The loom is from VW Looms. I didn't have anything extra put into the loom apart from the correct wiring for my alternator which has an external regulator.
The loom has some labels but not as many as I would like :lol:
The wiring diagram doesn't seem to correspond with all of the colours which is a bit of a pain but il start with my first problem and see if any one can shed some light......

I am trying to work out the wiring in the engine bay, there is a separate small loom labeled reg box loom. Now my regulator has 3 spade connectors as does the alternator, this loom has ring connectors on the ends of what I think are the correct wires. Also there is another part of the reg loom that I'm not sure of. I'm clueless with wiring but my friend is mechanic and he can't work it out either so I'm hoping one of you guys can?
Here's some pics

The top of my alternator


The regulator


The reg box loom


The ends that I think go from alternator to reg?


The bit I have no idea about


And the black wire that joins them


Any help will be greatly appreciated as always
Cheers
Russ

 

[Whistler]

Hi Russ, I had a loom from the same company. We got the regulator working but the battery wasn't charging. I just replaced mine with an alternator with an internal regulator from Peter Good (volksgoods, he has stopped trading but might be worth a call as he may have stock to clear). It was just the red and the blue then, so much easier!

I'm off out for the day bit if no one helps I'll see if I can remember how we wired mine up.

 

[Trikky2]

Those ring connectors look like the ones for a dynamo rather than an alternator.

 

[Russbmx]

Hi Russ, I had a loom from the same company. We got the regulator working but the battery wasn't charging. I just replaced mine with an alternator with an internal regulator from Peter Good (volksgoods, he has stopped trading but might be worth a call as he may have stock to clear). It was just the red and the blue then, so much easier!

I'm off out for the day bit if no one helps I'll see if I can remember how we wired mine up.

Hiya, cheers for your help!
I was thinking about just ordering a new alternator with internal reg to make life easier.
Although it's a bit annoying spending more money haha. Would the blue be the one in the main loom? And the red that goes from alternator to the starter?
I'm on a bit of a deadline so really need to get the wiring done asap.
I'm also struggling with a bit of the loom in the cab that you might be able to help me with if that's okay?

 

[Russbmx]

Those ring connectors look like the ones for a dynamo rather than an alternator.[/

that had crossed my mind but Iv never had a dynamo so wasn't sure :lol:

 

[Peter Good]

It looks like one half is for a dynamo and the other is for the external regulated alternator, however neither are 100% correct.
If you are really stuck, I might just have enough bits to make you one up.
Peter Good
(Volksgoods)

 

[Whistler]

Hi Russ, I had a loom from the same company. We got the regulator working but the battery wasn't charging. I just replaced mine with an alternator with an internal regulator from Peter Good (volksgoods, he has stopped trading but might be worth a call as he may have stock to clear). It was just the red and the blue then, so much easier!

I'm off out for the day bit if no one helps I'll see if I can remember how we wired mine up.

Hiya, cheers for your help!
I was thinking about just ordering a new alternator with internal reg to make life easier.
Although it's a bit annoying spending more money haha. Would the blue be the one in the main loom? And the red that goes from alternator to the starter?
I'm on a bit of a deadline so really need to get the wiring done asap.
I'm also struggling with a bit of the loom in the cab that you might be able to help me with if that's okay?

That sounds about right yeah, blue to main loom red to battery possibly? I can double check. PM me.