Iv got the truck today I’ll get a pic later today of both. I know there was a factory upgrade for my truck but from what I understand the ones from the early 2000s are more reliable and more of a direct swap.
I’d prefer not to get a new belt if I don’t need to as the one Iv got is fairly new. But I think the upgrade would be worth it.
My fans are on a thermal switch for now which this time of year never turn on unless it idles a lot. I do plan on doing the 411 pcm swap
Next Monday I’m going out of town where there is a salvage yard i figured I’d look for a alternator out of one of the specified trucks. I looked last time I was there and didn’t find much but I wasn’t really familiar with what I was looking for either
My 2011 volt gauge stays around 14.5. My 96 Iv checked with a scan gauge and volt meter and the dash gauge they all read pretty close to the same
1999 was the first year of AD series in at least cars. ive heard of factory cs130(d) being used till 2002 at the latest but have heard of 1999 and 2000 trucks having ad230s.
Cars wont have the same case ears setup but the guts will be the same, but the case is a lot of work to swap. but if you ever were adventurous lol.
Anyway, as far as wiring, you have 4 pins and 3 of them would be used if your PCM supports the trigger function through it(as opposed to exciting with a light/resistor) but I almost doubt it.. but its possible, cs130 had that feature when it was new it just depended on the car line to use it. It also has a potential 2nd one, I forgot what it does. Then there is the SENSE wire (s terminal) this is a important wire in my opinion, if you have anything like a fuse box with a positive lug or a post on the firewall that is far from your battery and especially charge wire, you should run the wire to that. Depending on how starters are wired, some people have good luck wiring to the starter lug.
If you dont use this terminal, it would not hurt anything you just have voltage drop whatever it is lowering your charge voltage ever so slightly(hopefully only slightly) When not used, the S wire is sensed internally by the solid state rectifier and uses the stud basically on the back. Thats most ever will be used. Diesels MAY? use the tach lead?