<VV> Maddening Electrical Problem - Can Anyone Help
J R Read
hmlinc at sbcglobal.net
Thu Nov 22 02:48:32 EST 2012
If the lighter socket caused all of this, have you disconnected this
(unfused) circuit?
Later, JR
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill H." <gojoe283 at yahoo.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 1:04 AM
Subject: <VV> Maddening Electrical Problem - Can Anyone Help
B"H
Hi all, hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving! I had a problem with my 66
Monza the other day where a live wire (I think it was the cigrarette lighter
wire) shorted out, filling the interior with acrid electrical smoke. The car
died on the street, I turned the ignition off and pulled my cell phone
charger out of the lighter socket.
After the smoke cleared, the car started right up and I didn't see anything
obviously wrong. Then the next day, I noticed that with the key out of the
ignition (and everything OFF), the GEN/FAN light was glowing a faint red,
and the TEMP/PRESS light was glowing also, but was dimmer.
I pulled the instrument cluster out and looked at all the wiring, but
couldn't find anything out of place. No shorts or grounded wires. Sometimes
the lights would go off, but then go back on again with no obvious reason.
All this is with the ignition OFF and the key out of the switch.
Thinking I may have damaged the alternator (it's an upgraded Clark's unit
with built in electronic regulator), I pulled the two wire connector off the
alternator from the wiring harness. The GEN/FAN came on with full
brightness. Reconnected the harness, the GEN/FAN light went back to glowing
dully.
There's power to the GEN/FAN bulb from the dash multiconnector, it's the
brown and white wire, with the key off.
When you start the engine, both idiot lights go off, the volt gauge shows a
normal 13-14 volts, and everything appears normal. I've checked the ignition
switch and all the contacts appear to be ok, couldn't find any shorts
between the terminals.
Can anyone help?
Thank you all...Bill Hershkowitz 66 Monza 110 PG A/C
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