I had a similar problem on my 65. I tried for 2 months to figure it out and at 1 time, I thought the metal was outsmarting me. My problem turned out that the box had lost ground. I bought a ground strap and made a dedicated ground strap for the box and have had no problems since. I never could understand why the lost ground. It was still mounted tight. Hope this might help.
The box and the ballast resistor did cross my mind. I assumed the ballast resistor would just fail. I've had that happen but not an intermittant condition. I didn't check the coil when it failed because I just wanted to get off the road. But wouldn't think it would cool off that fast. Because it will start as soon as the car comes to a stop. I will double check the box connections as I had that on and off multiple times in fabbing the wiring. I do have a spare ballast resistor that I can try as well. But one thing at a time.
And Dennis you're welcome.
Thanks Paul L.
On Monday, April 13, 2020 at 8:07:29 AM UTC-5, Paul L. http://1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-le wrote:
I've developed a problem after rewiring my engine compartment. The engine will just shut off while driving. No sputtering or anything it just shuts off like someone threw a switch. It will not restart while in motion but as soon as I pull to a stop it will start right up. It happened at 5 mph, 35 mph, and 60 mph. It has happened after driving 2 blocks, 5 miles, and 10 miles. When rewiring I soldered every connection and I eliminated the ammeter. I had driven it several times for up to an hour and never had a problem. And now it has happened the last 3 times I drove it. The last time it happened after driving 10 miles, but then I drove it an additional 30 miles with no problem. I'm running an orange box and an Accel coil.
When eliminating the ammeter the 10 ga. red wire that ran to the ammeter was relocated to the starter relay. A second 10 ga. wire was run from the starter relay to the black 10 ga. wire under the dash that had run to the ammeter as it supplies power to the dash. Just wondering if I have too much power running to the starter relay. I'm still running a stock alternator.
Any ideas?
Paul L.
--
--
--
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.
To view this discussion on the web visit
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/1962to1965mopars/2961d7c1-ef4f-468b-a5a3-ab0cec8d5e6f%40googlegroups.com.
Back to the Home of the Forward Look Network