ChargerChad
Well-Known Member
Requesting help from the group again!
Let me preface by saying I don't know much about electrics, but trying to learn.... 1971 Charger SE with just about every option, all original w' 383. I have a distinctive "Tick" any time the key is on - sounds like its coming from the region behind the climate controls, followed by a "tock" exactly two seconds later that sounds farther back. The cycle repeats every three to four seconds. It's pretty loud considering I have full dual exhaust with walker mufflers so the car isn't exactly quiet. Every tick or tock makes the amp-meter jump.
I read in the A-body boards a guy with a similar problem that ended up being the wiper motor grounding out or something and causing a relay? on the wiper switch to pop on and off. Also read somewhere else the instrument panel has it's own voltage regulator that can crap the bed at any time.
Looking for advice on how to prove/disprove either of those theories with my trusty test light? Also open to the wisdom of the group if anyone has had a similar issue
Let me preface by saying I don't know much about electrics, but trying to learn.... 1971 Charger SE with just about every option, all original w' 383. I have a distinctive "Tick" any time the key is on - sounds like its coming from the region behind the climate controls, followed by a "tock" exactly two seconds later that sounds farther back. The cycle repeats every three to four seconds. It's pretty loud considering I have full dual exhaust with walker mufflers so the car isn't exactly quiet. Every tick or tock makes the amp-meter jump.
I read in the A-body boards a guy with a similar problem that ended up being the wiper motor grounding out or something and causing a relay? on the wiper switch to pop on and off. Also read somewhere else the instrument panel has it's own voltage regulator that can crap the bed at any time.
Looking for advice on how to prove/disprove either of those theories with my trusty test light? Also open to the wisdom of the group if anyone has had a similar issue