This maybe out of place but.......
I have a 97 civic dx 4dr with an f22ba motor swap out of a 94 accord and am having a charging problem. I have been through 3 altenators and i know at least 2 of them were good yet It still wont seem to charge the battery and help or ideas on what may be causing this would be greatly appreciated.
Oh and for those of you who are going to say this swap is not worth the trouble
I LIKE TO BE DIFFERENT and after it gets fed boost it will be a decent little ride....

 

How old is the battery? Maintenance free or does it need water? If the alternator is providing sufficient power for the vehicle to continue to run for extended periods of time, then maybe it is the battery that is bad, not the alternator.

 

Sorry i shoulda put in there that the battery is brand new that was the first place that i started. After i got the swap in we dropped the battery in and it started just fine like a normal. Took it out drove it around awhile and the headlights started to dim. Took it back to the garage parked it turned it off wouldnt start back up again cuz battery was dead. figured it was the altenator so i have been through 3 of these and its still doing it and its frustrating cuz i just wanna get out and hammer on this beast lol. I know the altenator is good right now i had them test it b4 i left.

 

Check the tension of the alt belt and all of the wire connections.

 

Belt tension is good and i dont know enough about the wiring to do it and i really dont wanna take it some where just to pay an arma and a leg to have it fixed if ya know what i mean lol

 

Can't have it both ways. Either figure out how to check it yourself or pay someone. Main connection at the alternator attaches with a nut. Check the ground connections from the battery to the body and battery to block.

 

yea i know i cant have my cake and eat it too lol but i think you may have just helped me out in a major way im not 100% sure if we hooked up a ground from the battery to the block. And if that is the case i will for sure be trying it thank you very much and i will let yall know how it goes

 

Is there anyway someone can post some pics of the ground from the altenator to the battery and battery to the block so i can use it for reference
Thanks

 

What I would do is get a new ground wire for the battery and ground it to the top of the tranny (as in take out one of the top tranny bolts, and fit it threw the hole of the end the ground wire. You might have to make the hole bigger) Works great.

 

ok but when i do that am i eliminating the ground from the negative post on the battery to the fuse box under the hood which grounds to the chassis or do i keep that one and run a ground from the negative to the trans

 

Naw just take the old ground wire out completely. It's most likely bad where it connects to the bottom.