RE: Dimming Headlights on a '64 Sport Fury

[jon lepage <bigdaddy17516@xxxxxxxxx>]

yep,same problem here. i had a few mopars with this issue. quick way to 
check is just bypass the amp gauge and see if it resolves the problem. 
in one case it happened to be just loose connections on the gauge 
itself.

John Dahlin wrote:
> 
> i had these symptoms on my 70 300 hurst. head lights would almost go 
> dark at
> idle with the brakes on.
> real head scratcher.  turned out to be a bad ammeter.
> this is shunt ammeter.  it would show that the system was charging, but 
> it
> wasn't sending a whole lot current thru.
> i found and purchased a NOS ammeter on ebay and installed it.  the head
> lights stay bright and don't wink with the turn signals any more.
> 
> dave grove on the mml has a way to repair these ammeters, maybe we can 
> get
> him to write a tech article.
> 
> but i would definitely check the ammeter as well as the other components 
> of
> the charging system.
> 
> john
> 64 valiant vert
> 66 poly satellite
> 70 300 hurst
> 
> 
> 



jon lepage
1969 super bee,440,4spd
1965 ply sat,505 stroker,b1 heads,662hp,works in progress

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