Re: [Amc-list] 65 wiring diagram

[Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>]

d stohler wrote:
> the biggest problem i am having right now, when the
> key is on, the oil idiot light is on SOMETIMES like it
> should be when car is not running. when the key goes
> off, there is a little glow thru the oil light, and
> the alt light is almost fully lit. but, the wierd
> thing, is the alt light will pulse dimmer, and when it
> does that, the oil light will get brighter. uppon
> checking the green? wire, (its to dirty to tell for
> sure, need to get it cleaned up) on the alt. has a
> plastic clip to what looks like the regulator. it is
> getting power at all times. it runs down to one side
> of the starter solenoid. im going to "assume" this
> could be the reasoning for the pulsing alt light when
> the key is off? getting power backwards thru the
> regulator to the alt wire that tells it when its dead?
> i dont know. its confusing, as some other wires have
> been spliced in its lifetime and such. 
</snip>

I'd make sure the wiring harness is good before trying to figure this 
one out. It could be any number of things and you'll have a very hard 
time figuring out what's causing this if the wiring is no good. If it's 
really hacked up, you may to just pull it out and start over. I went 
that route on the 66 Rebel I had after a series of small electrical 
fires trying to track down a dead short.

<snip>
> the starter, you hit it to the start position, it will
> spin, not always engage, but will hardly EVER stop
> spinning when you let off of the key. sometimes it
> will engage, and not disengage untill i pull a
> terminal off the batt. 
</snip>

Likely a bad starter. My 68 American did that when I got it. A rebuilt 
starter fixed the problem but before you swap starters...

<snip>
> one more problem, i only have power to the coil when
> in the cranking position. so it will do that little
> run for just a sec when ya try to start it and as soon
> as you let off the start position, it dies. i got
> around that for running it in the driveway here by
> putting a jumper wire from coil + side to the batt. it
> is an aftermarket performance coil and points so im
> not to worried about the resistance not present (if it
> even has it for that year). 
</snip>

If the wiring checks out, this sounds like a bad ignition switch. In 
fact, a bad ignition switch may be the entire reason for the wiring hack 
job. I worked on an 89 S-15 that had the wiring all hacked up (To start 
it, you had to turn on the ignition switch, twist a couple of wires 
together and then touch another to the wires you just twisted together. 
Once oil pressure built, the fuel pump would kick in and the truck would 
start. Everything was running through the brake light fuse.) because the 
fusible links burnt out. It's amazing how much effort the ignorant or 
lazy will go to to "fix" a problem. BTW, your car does not have *any* 
fusible links in it from the factory. You may want to add a fuse (or a 
fusible link) into the main power supply wire to the fuse panel.

Matt
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Cincinnati, OH
http://www.mattsoldcars.com
1967 Rambler American wagon
1968 Rambler American sedan
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