Dusty Dude
Well-Known Member
Today I hooked up the battery in my '69 Coronet 500 for the first time after eleven months of work on this old girl only to have nothing happen. I have power to the ammeter and that's it. Nothing downstream from ammeter. No dome light, no nothing. Nothing with ignition key in any position. My question is will a bad ammeter do this? Everything on the instrument panel has been reworked or replaced as needed including the circuit board. I did make new insulators for the ammeter when I reworked the instrument panel and switches but otherwise it is as I got it back in February. The furthest I have driven this car is from in front of my home where it was unloaded to my garage in the back of the house where it has resided ever since. I did do the modified wiring between the alternator and the ammeter bypassing the bulkhead connector (which is also new) and at this point I'm at the end of my knowledge. I do have a full understanding of how the charging system is supposed to work and also the correct way to power added accessories but I have no experience as to how power flows through the ammeter to the glove box fuse panel. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am really wanting to get my fresh 496" ground pounder running.
Thanks everyone.
Thanks everyone.