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That was the plan I think. Gotta maybe order another gauge or some insulation material and cut to fit when I pull the cluster. Less danger with the tie together if even temporary. Thanks!! Brother!

Let me put this out there for the electrical guru's....for the time being can i clip those 2 wires and tie them off and tape them up until i pull the cluster? i have to drive it somewhere to get some front end work done and don't want to worry about pulling the fire extinguisher...if you know...

Hey Carl,not too worried about the alternator,just that someone on here suggested to make sure the ground was good on it. Hence the question about how many connections on it.

Not the greatest pic,but here is the back of the gauge. Both the nuts are tight on the posts but that whole assembly moves about. Made sure that those wire connections weren’t touching anything other than the studs. It kinda looks like at some point they may have got warm,the yellow insulation...

I suppose it would help if I added some pics of the firewall harnesses and the back of the alternator,there’s a green ground wire right in the vacinity of it that leads me to my next question…are there more than 2 wire connections to the alternator? I know I’m bugging the S$&T out of everybody...

The alternator on this bird is stock and I have 2 wire connections as in the pics one black and one gray also their are several green (I’m assuming ground wires that come out of the cluster of wires to the alternator and temp sending unit and horn. There are 2 green ground wires not connected to...

Hey Russ, When I worked my way under the dash yesterday and checked out those 2 connections on the gauge they really wouldn’t tighten up but as a pair their seems to be a little backing plate strip of metal connecting the two and that seem to move around a little. While the the ignition was on i...

I heard that is what you do with those wires when upgrading to the digital dash,but that may be a ways off. So the nuts on the back of the gauge don’t seem to tighten,but it’s real tuff to get a small wrench on them as it is. Hence a real good reason to pull it all out. Here’s maybe something of...

Also stepping on the brake will cause the needle to move all the way negative…Strange!!

I have a fuse link something my hot rod shop guy told me about after I bought the car. I was totally unaware of and he said it will save these old mopars from burning to the ground. That’s why I carry an extra fuse link and a Halon extinguisher. Now I got under the dash….that was pure...

What are the culprits of this dead short? I have heard that if the alternator takes a dump internally that i would not know it till the fuseable link started smoking or fire which while driving has not done that. Also if the alternator went i would not be able to drive it as far as i have. Like...

Oops! Pics!

Thanks to you all for the info. I will check all of that stuff. The pics show the gauge needle pegged full negative whether running or not. I know that I have some protection from it burning if that were to happen 1.Fuseable link 2.Halon fire extinguisher which I hope to never use. Like to keep...

Back on the alternator gauge snafu. As usual I used to notice when I opened the door that the alternator gauge would move to the discharge side. But as I said in the first post it appears all the way pegged to the neg. side and stays there. Yesterday got in and turned the key to ign. and the...

That’s what my hot rod shop suggested. I shall investigate…Thanks!

My thought was to go back to a gloss black on the spare which is B7 as well and get some idea of how it would look without doing all of them and not liking it. just wondering how much needs to be removed or can i just ruff up the finish to get the black to adhere?

Anyone out there attempted to repaint their stock steelie wheels form a car color to a gloss or satin finish and what was your expierience with that. I've seen some of the black wheels on here of members and thought they make the car look a little more badass,for lack of a better term. Anyway...

Brand? And where?

Any other mopar guys out there ever felt the frustration with the old wiring harnesses in our time machines to just toss them out and start with new?