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ok i did the alternator swap yesterday i did everything like the wiring diagrams say. i wired up the green wire to the external regulator green wire. the orange and blue wire to the external regulator orange and blue wire. then the brown and orange to the red post on the alternator with the big yellow wire. the big yellow wire then wire up to the positive side of the starter solenoid. i then left the white and black wire and yellow and whiter wire left those to the old external wiring harness. then i started my cougar and the volts stay at 11.5 volts all day long and the alternator only charges at 12.5 volts and also the battery amp light stays on. that is how i wired everything up. what do i do to get the amp light to go off and get the charging of the alternator to work? P.S i got the alternator off of a ford taurus 94 or 95.