Circuit Protection and the "Shunt wire" by-pass

[nitro_rat]

SOME “good information”, bulkhead by-pass maybe. The problem with the MAD article that everyone likes to promote as proof that all Chrysler ammeters will spontaneously combust, most readers miss the part about the article stating it specifically addresses the late-seventies truck plastic framed ammeter/dash frame melting fiasco. Conflating this issue with every other passenger car, and earlier truck ammeter Chrysler ever used. Totally different issues altogether.

My '68 Dart had a combusting ammeter as did my '80 Power Wagon. My '67 Dart, '68 Coronet, and '73 Power Wagon have not had that issue. I believe the two that did have an issue were daily driven for most of their lives (well into the 90's and beyond) whereas the others predominantly sat the majority of the last several decades.

I'm not on a witch hunt to expel all ammeters, I'm also not going out of my way to save them once they start having problems. And I drive my junk. The '73 and '80 Power Wagons are daily driveable and the '68 coronet will be when it's done. The Darts have been sold but my repair done the E-Berg way worked flawlessly on the '68.

 

[Nacho-RT74]

OH NO!!!… ANOTHER ONE!!!

Well… try this. Start up the engine, disconect the battery and make an intentional short. Let us know how much time the engine will keep running.

( just to let you know, I made it, althought accidentally shorting out at alt stud)