'93 c4 won't start after alternator change

by chip
(lakeland, florida)

I changed out an alternator for a 1993 corvette (mine) and found one wire that goes on the alternator bundle (3 wires) was disconnected. I spliced the wirewith insulated butt splices. Connected the battery and the engine would'nt start. It sounded like in the old days ,with distributors, that the engine suddenly had got out of time. How can this be I just changed alternators. The car had been sitting for about 2 years,but ran fine for the past week, now his. Can you help?

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