Recent content by 6one9er

Yeah the wire melted when she was running not when I connected the battery. I had the battery connected for about 13 min before trying to start her up. But No I didn't look at the ammeter I ran out of time and had to head out. thanks for taking the time to explain all that I will check the car...

Thanks and you are right that it is the blue wire and and the alternator is a square back but my old man said he never did any modifications or had to change any components before he passed and left me the car 6 yrs ago. I've never had to do any part swaps since I've had her other than regular...

As far as modifications on the car... There are none. The car only has 37,000 og miles on it. I turned the car on... Drove for 30 min + on the highway and when I backed it up in the storage "no mice there it's a clean storage area" turned it off then I noticed I wanted to back it up a little...

So I kind of need some help... I have a 72 charger 318 that was a no crank/no start. Put a new battery and she Car cranks like new... A couple pumps from the accelerator and runs like a champ for about 5 seconds when I notice smoke and cut the engine off. The dark blue wire from the voltage...