I too replaced my alternator with a single wire version and the light would stay on. I installed a gauge cluster below the ash tray for voltage, oil pressure and engine temp. I didn't want or need to use the "idiot" lights anymore so I disconnected the wire to the back of the instrument cluster for both temp and voltage.
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