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Well, there was a guy on the For A Bodies list doing a bit of that
kind of work, but he's stopped providing those services. That
explains the dead links in my bookmarks anyway. There's nothing really awful about the stock ammeter circuit as long as the connections are clean and tight at the bulkhead connector and the ammeter itself. The problems arise when loose and/or corroded junctions overheat. A thorough disassembly and cleaning. replacing damaged wiring hardware should give many more years of service. Failure of the instrument voltage regulator, however, could smoke the stock gauges. Solid state IVR modules have been available on ebay, and instructions for building your own are also around. A good article is here: http://www.allpar.com/history/mopar/electrical2.htmlMy Darts and several other models had the IVR built into the fuel gauge, which complicates matters a bit. I've seen articles dealing with that issue as well. I think there was one on ALLPAR and one on the Chrysler Imperial group, if memory serves. Anyone else have any input?? I'm starting to get a little concerned and thinking about just gutting one of the spare clusters I have and installing all new 12-volt gauges and having a speedo shop rebuild my speedometer. BC On 2/6/2015 9:10 PM, Bob wrote:
Their page does not mention converting the stock MOPAR amp meter to a VOLT meter. As you probably know, the stock AMP meter has the full alternator current output running through it, and a VOLT meter merely taps into any ignition hot wire and has virtually no current running through it. Converting the '63 Fury ammeter, like my '64 Dart ones, requires replacing the meter in the dash cluster and rewiring of the charging circuit to remove the high current path through the stock ammeter which is no longer needed. There are several articles on the web about ways to do this. Here's one:http://www.madelectrical.com/electricaltech/amp-gauges.shtmlNote, this article calls for simply bypassing the ammeter which leaves a non functional gauge in your dash cluster. There are VOLT meters that will fit into the place where the ammeter was in the stock cluster. -- -- -- Please address private email -- email of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. That is, email your parts/car transactions and negotiations, as well as other personal messages, only to the intended recipient. Do not just press "reply" and send your email to everyone using the general '62-'65 Clubhouse public email address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine-tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group. http://groups.google.com/group/1962to1965mopars?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to 1962to1965mopars+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. |
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