Re: [AMC-list] AMC-list Digest, Vol 4, Issue 55

["bikerfox" <bikerfox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the info., Armand.

Steve

> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:08:43 -0500
> From: "Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] electrical issues
> To: "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Message-ID: <003b01ca10ba$ac3fbc20$6701a8c0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Somehow a connection has been made to the ignition circuit from the 
> charging
> circuit, otherwise the engine wouldn't keep running with the key off. With
> the ignition switch off check for voltage at the distributor. If the
> ignition is hot all the time it will quickly use up the points. Recheck 
> the
> wiring for the alternator. the wires for the alternator and the ignition
> system come out the same spot in the harness, are some of the wires mixed
> up, connected wrong? Could be one of the diodes in the alternator has 
> failed
> already, or was to begin with, never actually repaired, recheck the
> alternator for output. The red light will be on at idle with a bad diode,
> but go out once the engine revs up.
> The fuel gauge is probably a separate issue. Poor ground connection 
> causing
> wrong reading, or sending unit in tank has bad connection, or partially
> saturated float in tank.
>
> Best I can come up with, but I'm not an electrical guru either.
>
> Armand 


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