# alternator bolt?
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alternator-bolt/126731
**Category:** SON240sx Automotive
**Created:** [July 29, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alternator-bolt/126731 "2009-07-29T21:06:08Z")
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### Author:  [@Singh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alternator-bolt/126731/1 "2009-07-29T21:06:08Z")
Ok well I just finished doing an sr swap, engine starts and everything.
I do get the battery light after about 3-4 minutes of idle.
There are 3 things that plug into the alternator. A plug, a ground wire and then another one that looks like a ground. So what i want to know is do both of those grounds need to be screwed in, cuz one of them won’t fit, because i believe the stud ripped out of the alternator?
The ground wire im referring to is the one on the outer side of the alternator, with a thicker wire.
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### Author:  [@R33](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/R33)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alternator-bolt/126731/2 "2009-07-31T14:09:58Z")
the ground is the thinner one with the 8mm bolt that threads into the alternator.
the other thicker wire that goes around the stud is power.