Electrical Help

A "basic book" may not be all that much help. That's because every manufacturer has their own special way of labeling wiring connectors, etc. AND Mopar does a few things different than some others. The starting circuit is kind of a trick, and so is the wiper motor switching.


Very FIRST thing to do is get on eBay or other sellers and buy yourself a DIGITAL full service manual, for the reason that if you have questions, you can post screenshots of certain sections here for discussion, or you can blow up sections and print them for easy reading when chasing a problem.


................ and if you have the bucks, I'd get a paper reprint, too. Then ask questions here.

A lot of your questions are going to depend on..................

Do you have the factory harness?

For restoration, do you want to KEEP a factory style harness?

Or are you looking for the day when you rewire the car with an aftermarket harness?

MANY MANY of the bugs in these old girls are coming down to a few specific areas:

More and more guys find problems with the firewall connector, or bulkhead connector, where the major wiring goes through the firewall to the interior. These are getting old, corroded, and damaged from too much heat.

Original charging systems cannot put up with modern add --ons, like halogen headlights, stereo, fuel pumps, electric fans

Many of us "threw in the towel" and bypassed the ammeter, went to a voltmeter

Installing headlight relays, and other relays to run ignition, fuel pump, etc is a big help to relieve strain on the old harness and the bulkhead connector.

PLEASE be SURE to ask questions