ummmm....... My 65 has the fusible link that did short out and cause complete electrical failure.... first though, the ammeter gauge went, and then the fusible link went later. It took two auto electric "pro"s and about $400.00 in fees before it was decided that the gauge was shot and it took the last guy about two minutes to bypass the actual gauge under the dash, and everything has been fine since.
Also, the fusible link is shown in my 1965 National Service Data book as being there....
----- Original Message ----
From: JIM LORENZEN <jdlpdx@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Wednesday, May 2, 2007 8:17:19 PM
Subject: Re: IML: 1965 electricals
Really..... Well, as Rosanna Rosanna
Dana used to say, "Never mind".
Jim L. in OR
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Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 7:16
PM
Subject: Re: IML: 1965 electricals
Unless someone added one later, the 65 doesn't have a
fusible link. I'm not sure if 67-68 has it, but sure that 69 does. The one on
my 69 fried last year.
John
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Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 5:55
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Subject: Re: IML: 1965
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Hi Timothy,
I think I've got to go with Pete as to
the fusible link. If you touched the wrong cable enough to get sparks,
even for a moment, the link could have sacrificed its self to save the
rest of the system - which is exactly what it's there for. I may be
wrong, but that is the first place I'd look.
Once again, good
luck!
Jim L. in OR
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Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 5:08
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Subject: Re: IML: 1965
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Where I lucked out on that was that there were sparks when I began to
hook up the first end of the jumper cable. I knew something was
wrong immediately, as the Volvo was running at the time, so I knew to hook
it up to the other post.
Timothy Callaway
1965 Crown 4-door
The same thing happened to me on my parents '60 one night in 1970
when
I was using it. Someone at a Drive In Movie Theatre tried to help
me by
jumping it, and hooked them up wrong because the negative cable
was
red. The battery blew up, but luckily it didn't harm the
paint.
Paul W.
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jdlpdx@xxxxxxxxxxx
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Sent: Wed, 2
May 2007 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: IML: 1965 electricals
Hi
Tim,
Back when I was using my '60 as a daily driver I friend
of mine needed
a jump. He hooked the cables up wrong and my
battery blew up! There
were pieces of battery all over the
place. The paint on the passenger
front fender still has some
minor acid burns.
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