64 Val alt swap questions

I have a question for you. Was this a new or rebuilt alt ? Also do you know what AMPs the old one was and the new one is... I ask this because mopar wiring back in the day was great when it was new, but with age it gets dangerous as I'm sure all that own these cars can tell you.. I read all the things to do to help reduce the risk of fire. I did all of them and one day I had smoke rolling out from under the dash and hood... If your new alt is a higher out put than your original(which was probably a 30amp w/o ac) you really need to upgrade your harness... I ended up building a new harness for my car and up grading to bigger primary wiring.. I would tell anyone that keeps the amp meter to do this before the smoke shows up.. These old early A's didn't have a bunch of extras so the wiring is simple to pull.. Takes a couple of hrs to pull harness. You can get all the correct terminals on line.. Like I said I only replaced the primary wiring and some of the secondary from the fire... Do Not crimp, but solder and seal with heat shrink sleeves. I choose not to break the wire from the alt that goes to the amp meter and back out... This was one of the trouble areas with the old wiring. This also makes it easier to clean the bulkhead connection. I hope this info helps someone out there.. I was lucky when mine burned, it was in the garage so just burnt wiring... Anyone have any questions on this just ask.. Just one more thing, if you build a new harness you won't be able to find the correct color coded wire.. so make notes on what you did different from factory so the next owner knows what wires are running...