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NLXTACY,
Which wiring are you trying to figure out? The wiring for the rear plug or the main charge wiring?
The pictures floating around somewhere in this thread were a super big help to me (don't forget you're looking at the REAR of the new plug in the photo). Once I figured out how to take the old plug apart and get the wires out, they snapped right into the new plug no problemo.
As for the charge wire, I did things a little differently. I took the old charge wire and wrapped it up in the stock harness and tied and tapped it all up, so it won't rub or make contact with anything. The old wire will stay hot, since it's still connected to the battery. This leaves the stock battery wiring all stock, with the exception that the stock charge wire is no longer hooked up to the alternator.
I then ran a seperate 4 gauge battery cable from the alternator directly to the battery where it's fused at the battery. I just bought a standard 4 gauge battery cable then soldered on the ends that I wanted, wrapped it up in protective wiring covering and taped it all up. Works great so far.
I just fired up the rig tonight and thankfully no leaks and all sounds and runs great. The new alternator seems to run awesome. Nice and quiet. Voltage is about 13.5-13.8 at idle with headlights and heater on full. I haven't seen it go much above 14 volts, which I don't know if that's a problem since the stock alternator liked to run around 14-14.8 on the highway. But I figure at twice the output, this alternator may run at a slightly lower voltage than others.
In any case, this mod is awesome and went together very well.
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