I have a 1973 Dodge Dart with a 225 leaning tower of power that I am all of a sudden having problems with. Today I installed my new Lokar throttle and kickdown. After I finished I started it up so that I could adjust the trans.
Then I noticed some smoke coming from an old wiring splice that went from the battery to the starter relay...the repair done years ago. I replaced the connection with a new with a whole new wire. After this was done I noticed more smoke coming from the fusable link going to the fuse box (wire had been spliced into by previous owner.
At this point I noticed that my AMP gauge was pinging the +40 mark. The car had a charging problem before all of this stuff occured and always sat to the left of the center mark.
Soo...I went to the auto parts to get a new fusable link and repair the that section of bad wiring. I get there and they act like they have never heard of one.
My question is can I use an inline fuse to repair this or do I need to find another fusable link. If I can use an inline fuse what size shoud I use? I tried a thirty amp and it will idle fine but as soon as I rev the engine it pops it. Would a 50 amp work???
Also, why would the fuse get a spike when I rev the engine? Voltage regulator bad???
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I would rather fix the problem correctly than rig it up with a temporary fix.
Thanks,
Brad
Then I noticed some smoke coming from an old wiring splice that went from the battery to the starter relay...the repair done years ago. I replaced the connection with a new with a whole new wire. After this was done I noticed more smoke coming from the fusable link going to the fuse box (wire had been spliced into by previous owner.
At this point I noticed that my AMP gauge was pinging the +40 mark. The car had a charging problem before all of this stuff occured and always sat to the left of the center mark.
Soo...I went to the auto parts to get a new fusable link and repair the that section of bad wiring. I get there and they act like they have never heard of one.
My question is can I use an inline fuse to repair this or do I need to find another fusable link. If I can use an inline fuse what size shoud I use? I tried a thirty amp and it will idle fine but as soon as I rev the engine it pops it. Would a 50 amp work???
Also, why would the fuse get a spike when I rev the engine? Voltage regulator bad???
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I would rather fix the problem correctly than rig it up with a temporary fix.
Thanks,
Brad
