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Post by xx2pro4uxx20 on Apr 20, 2021 8:16:21 GMT -5
Hi! I'm still trying to understand at this moment what exactly the problem is. But my first coment will be: YOU DON'T NEED TO CONVERT THE AMMETER TO VOLTIMETER like the Mopar Connection magazine is showing... just make te propper mantenience to the ammeter if needed and some wiring upgrades. soooo let's continue LOL why you are saying there is a short ? is there something burning ? a short will make to blown fuses on fuse box or, on the worst scenario, blow the fuse link. with ign switch in OFF the only wires energized on engine bay will be the battery wire to starter motor, the battery wire to starter relay, the fuse link and the red wire running to the firewall ( bulkhead Conector ) cpoming from starter relay stud. If everything is in correct order into the cab, the next wire energized is the black wire between alternator stud and bulkhead conector. Inside the cab, the wires energized will be the red and black wires arriving to ammeter ( these are the ones coming from the engine bay, described previouslly ), the black wire at lights switch, the ignition swithc red wire and fuse box buss bar on batt side, which feeds throught the fuses, the brakes pedal switch, the dome light, the map light, the glove box light, ignition switch courtesy light flasher ( if equipped ) and the hazzard flasher. Alright I will check those whenever I go back. The problem right now is that the whole front end of the car is energized whenever I have the key in the accessories position. Not just the wires but like, the firewall itself is energized which is causing some of the wires to be energized that shouldn't be.
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Post by Nacho-RT74 on Apr 20, 2021 9:23:29 GMT -5
With key in accesories position just the blue wire of the wiper motor should be energized... along with the battery related wires and the alternator black wire as long ammeter is conected. These as mentioned are allways energized.
Lights will be energized if you give lights even with key in off. Lights can be turned on at any moment since switch is sourced from batt source
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Post by xx2pro4uxx20 on Apr 20, 2021 9:46:01 GMT -5
Alright that makes more sense. Thank you that helps out alot. Even if you didn't understand what I was saying lol. What I think might have happened is my car doesn't have the wiper motor right now so someone might have connected that wire to something else.
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Post by xx2pro4uxx20 on Apr 22, 2021 14:54:37 GMT -5
With key in accesories position just the blue wire of the wiper motor should be energized... along with the battery related wires and the alternator black wire as long ammeter is conected. These as mentioned are allways energized. Lights will be energized if you give lights even with key in off. Lights can be turned on at any moment since switch is sourced from batt source Now that I'm back working on the car. I've learned something else. The light also turns on whenever I turn the key to the lock position. What gets activated whenever you turn the key to lock?
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Post by Nacho-RT74 on Apr 22, 2021 17:22:24 GMT -5
With key in lock nothing is activated. But lights are not related to ignition switch. They can be turned on anytime no matter the ign key position since the light switch is feeded straight from the batt/charging network
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Post by xx2pro4uxx20 on Apr 22, 2021 17:28:04 GMT -5
With key in lock nothing is activated. But lights are not related to ignition switch. They can be turned on anytime no matter the ign key position since the light switch is feeded straight from the batt/charging network That's weird then because whenever I switch it to lock, the tester lights up like it does whenever it's in accessories. but not as strong. What do you think it could be? And by lights up, I'm talking about the light on the volt tester
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Post by xx2pro4uxx20 on Apr 22, 2021 18:04:54 GMT -5
Is there a way that I can send you a video. I made a video that might make it easier for you to understand the situation. Do you have a Gmail?
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Post by Admin on Apr 23, 2021 10:45:07 GMT -5
Is there a way that I can send you a video. I made a video that might make it easier for you to understand the situation. Do you have a Gmail? PM sent.
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Post by DynoDave on Apr 24, 2021 12:35:42 GMT -5
Here's the video.
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Post by Nacho-RT74 on Apr 25, 2021 2:06:58 GMT -5
Nice! Tilt steering column! Really uncommon option.
The light on function grounding everywhere around must be a weird option too LOL
HELL! I'll have to really think on this.
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