Re: Changing from Junior to senior gauges

Posted by Robert Freeman On 2011/3/14 11:04:37
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HH56 wrote:
Biggest issue is the ammeter. You will have to run suitable gauge wire to put the ammeter in series between the bat connection at solenoid and the bat connection at regulator. The heavy gauge wire does come under the dash but not all the way to gauge. You can try and find the proper splices or maybe use an alternative such as the headlight switch or fuse block as pickup places since they are the same wires. You should be able to use the Autolite regulator but there will be a change in that bat wire. The circuit is essentially the same minus the heavy gauge wire to ammeter and now unused small wires for idiot light. Just do a careful study of the wiring diagram. Fortunately both are laid out side by side so you can compare solid vs dotted lines to see what needs to change or where you might conveniently pick up the same wire in the open instead of a splice.


I hope you don't mind but I'm still a little confused and need further help. I looked at the wiring diagram and noticed that the 'Clipper' voltage regulator Bat connection (dotted circuit 1A-1C) join w/circuit 1 (the Bat connection on the starter solenoid) at a splice under the hood. If I separate 1A and 1C from the splice and join them, it becomes the same as the 'senior' circuit #2. I then must run a heave guage wire from the inside splice (the one to the headlight switch, etc.) to the ammeter. I then must run a new heavy gauge wire from the ammeter to the splice under the hood (becoming the new circuit 1, 1A-1B).

Is there an easier way to join the heavy gauge ammeter wires under the dash without bothering the under hood splice?

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