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Had this mopar back in 75 and wouldn’t have given the issue a thought. But now that I know and am more concerned I guess I have to keep telling myself that this system could still be original and 50+ years old and tired,or been messed with by whomever prior to me. I ran a 10ga wire from the...

Hey there “72” well that about sums up that. Thanks! So based on info I have gotten from other inputs, Why did so many Mopars burn up on the side of the road over the years? After what I saw when I got up in the dash at the ammeter area with mine being burnt looking for who knows how long my...

Also forgot to say that a higher output coil was added as well. No ecu on the firewall before or currently.

Not too long ago I put in a pertronics electronic ignition upgrade at the distributor. Could that have some effect on the system?

Opting for just leaving the ammeter gauge in the dash for a later replace. Took the 2 wires red/purple and used a butt splice without the plastic sheath and crimped together and then used a heat shield shrink then wrapped with a high temp silicone tape…never seen this stuff! Ran up the engine a...

Got all the new front suspension parts in and all is good! Can’t remember if the steering arm from the box has a rubber boot seal for lube at the crossover arm or not, anyway noticed it does not at the moment…doesn’t look right. should I drop that section and install or does it not need it? Thanks!

Like i may have said in other posts,i've had this car a little over a year and when the dome light comes on their is a draw on the ammeter and brake light or anything electrical. but since removing the ammeter wires and seeing how burnt they look it's difficult to figure if they shorted on the...

I still have the noticeable lean to the drivers side when looking at the back end of the car. It is sitting on level ground and has had a fresh set of HD leafs put in 6drivers side 7psgr side and the front torsion bar adjusters are not at equal lengths but the measurements from ground to center...

I have a new ammeter coming from Classic industries which I will attempt to put in. In the meantime in the course of today I took both wires and connected them thru a simple butt splice and then took it for a drive at some higher rpm’s and kept a watchful eye on the two and felt them...

Thanks Carl! I got the shop on retainer. Do you believe this butt spliced connection will not melt in the meantime?

I can just see the Chevy guys walk by shaking their heads…but maybe they have it worse.

I cannot believe Chrysler put this electrical system on their cars. If it’s true that those wires get warm/hot from day one 1970…Unbelievable!! IMHO!

Took the bolted together red & purple wires apart and did a simple butt splice,gonna see just how warm/hot it gets like that. Went and got a simple volt gauge at Oriellys but haven’t installed yet,here’s the back & front. Let me know if it’s not right! Thanks!!

Did you just put a simple aftermarket volt gauge with connections for my 2wires and mount under the dash and good to go??

Someone here also said they are running a volt meter gauge mounted under dash. Is that a possibility or same situation?

I have a feeling that those wire end insulators have been hot way before I ever knew of this situation. That being said much thanks for educating me. All I did was take the wire connections off of the studs and put a small bolt through them and then tape them off for protection. Should I take...

Also started up and let it run a while,once it was at normal idle the wires were at a normal kind of warm,but once I revved it up a bit the wires got almost too hot to handle. Does that ammeter when hooked up right not have hot wires? I’m at a loss…electrical is not my bag. Now what?…crap!!

What would be my next course of action?…was thinking of putting it out of the garage start it let it run and see how warm/hot they get…..with extinguisher in hand. Do you think this would have done this had I just moved one wire over to the other gauge terminal…like was suggested? I do have new...

Ok! Not happy about putting both wires from the gauge together and wrapping them up in electrical tape. Started the car to go for a spin and put my hand on the joined wires and they got very warm if not hot so that is curtailing my drive…any advice on that one??

Thanks guys!! That is what I’m doing with those wires today. Gonna try and disconnect them from the studs first (with battery disconnect) and if that’s too tuff then I will cut them and splice together and tape off. I figure instead of trying to rebuild a 50+yr. gauge,we’ll order a new one...