I've done this alternator swap, and what you need to do is remove the resistor that is soldered across the back of your tach. Just get under the dash with a pair of dikes and cut it off. The new alternator actually uses the blue/black wire coming off the tach for the "sense" circuit and the old resistor prevents a proper reading. The bad part is that by doing this you lose your "idiot" light on the tach. Let me know if you need any more info.
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