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Here in southern Arizona it is finally beginning to cool down mid 80's..AHHH! I believe that burp from the radiator yesterday was a big air bubble and so i refilled what was lost and went for a stop and go drive and got to my first stop in town and gauge said 180 ish and then the gauge just...

My buddy also was advising a Griffin, but at 1K that’s not reality at this time. I did the run up to temp with the cap off and revving the engine could see fluid flowing. Then I shut down and the radiator burped a lot of coolant,an unplanned mess! But I did look inside and saw the exposed fins...

When I first got this car I would open the door and notice the old ammeter gauge would bounce from the dome light. Then the gauge just stopped working and I inspected the gauge connectors and they got pretty hot. So avoiding a fire and getting it all redone is a good thing. Now I just have to...

I agree! Run the wire as stated. The electrical system on Chrysler vehicles does not get a lot of applause around here,but with the new harness and ammeter gauge in I feel better about driving her and not waiting to smell smoke. I will be putting in the digital dash in the near future.

So now that I have the new harness and ammeter,running that additional wire from the alternator to the start relay w/fuse link I don’t see any movement on the gauge. Should I disconnect that wire? Doesn’t seem like it helps. It wasn’t there before.

All the ones at Classic state (exact fit). Those are a grand by the time you unbox it. So yeah why not when every indication is it is made to fit for $300.00 I never had plans to drive it like a daily driver. Back in the day it was my only driver. So I may pull the trigger on the aluminum $300...

I will do the upper/lower hose temp check tomorrow. I just installed a 160 thermostat and it does have the factory fan shroud and 7-blade fan. Asked that question to my mechanic buddy and he said some radiator shops may still rod them out and pressure test,but in these days of big buck repairs...

Tried running it at temp after the 160 thermostat opened and revved it a little and fluid flowed. But seeings how this might be the original radiator (just a guess),but it does have the Chrysler logo and stamping I’m leaning towards an aluminum unit that will cool better. A spendy item these...

I shall try that….it’s free! Thanks!

Hey guys! Just put in a new underdash harness and all appears to be hooked up right and also a new ammeter gauge. With the previous harness the fire hazard that it was i only had the fuel and oil pressuure gauges working,now they all work. The gauge in question is the temp gauge which...

Out with the old….finally! We good now!

The new harness is in along with the new ammeter gauge. All is hooked up right,but I notice when running the ammeter leans just to the negative side but does not bounce around like the old one. Presumably that was due to a bad gauge and it’s insulation on the cluster. I also ran a 10ga. wire...

Yup! That’s the plan…It’s cool’s down here in the desert & car shows are up next. Ya’ll have a good day!!

It was a good day here in the desert…Still can’t stop thinking about the folks in Florida that are not having a good day. A car issue is pretty far down their list of priorities at the moment Got the new under dash harness in with a friends help. Temp gauge came to life and new ammeter gauge...

All these 50yr old muscle cars should have new wiring or at least look and check it out to find potential problems. Someone said that a lot of these cars wound up getting new alternators with higher amp output 75+. Not sure what I have hope it’s the stock 60amp. Higher amps and thinner wires...

That’s the plan!!

That’s where this all began at the loose,burnt wires and broken insulators around the ammeter studs. That has been disconnected awhile ago. New harnesses on the way and I have a new ammeter going in as well. Checking everything else in the cluster as well.

I’m going to start at the worst place..under dash/bulkhead harness and get the engine harness down the road-no pun intended! Feeling very lucky today my expert electronics buddy came over and we agreed that this car could have burnt up at any moment. So he looked in his shop and lo and behold he...

Ordering as we speak…just because!!! Amazing it has gotten this far! Lucky me!!! Thanks for the help!!!

Just looked at the wiring diagram and traced that deformed right side connection from the ammeter to this connection with the fuse link. Got warm there at some point or still does. The old connections on the back of the ammeter when hooked up I believe the insulators on the studs and the loose...