Re: [Amc-list] Jeep ammeter problem

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Yes you can bypass a failed ammeter that way.
Many a j series went up in flame over those things!
check the wires carefully where they bolt on as the heat can soften things up to th epoint the connectors should be replaced.
IIRC, someone is making nice correct looking volt gauges for these.

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
" I was different before people dared to be different" 

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>
> My J-10 alternator has quit charging, nothing showing on the ammeter -- 
> discharge or charge, it sits at zero. Does this indicate a bad ammeter? 
> Everything else electrical seems to work fine, I just have to charge the battery 
> every few days (just using it for local errands in day-time). If it is the 
> ammeter, I should be able to just disconnect it and splice the two wires, or 
> simply put both wires on one of the studs, effectively using it as a splice, 
> correct?
> 
> 
> ---------------
> Date: Fri,  9 Nov 2007 00:28:52 -0700
> From: Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> If it won't even crank, check the wiring at the back of the ammeter. 
> A loose wire there will kill just about every circuit. My J10 started but no 
> charge showing on the ammeter and the radio was cutting in and out. I knew 
> something was wrong so I drove home and after I shut it off it wouldn't do 
> anything - no radio, no crank, no nuthin'.
> 
> Ken Ames
> 
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