What’s everyone using to fuse between the alternator and starter relay
"I have news".............a story from the old days
"Back in the day", not long after buying my 440-6 RR from a friend (who I saw last summer) some girls were "window shopping" in National City S of San Diego and REALLY A-holed it. Not knowing better, McCune Chrysler Plymouth got it "to fix" and I got a junk loaner car, Valiant /6 with bald tires and rock hard heater hoses. One of them broke, later.................
ANYWAY my Chief PO came in one morning and it was "cool" out. I had fired up the thing about 5 min. earlier and was in the shop, getting "off duty." He gave me the "Columbo" bit and says "is that supposed to be screeching and smoking?
SO I went out and shut it off, THE ALTERNATOR WAS NOT ROTATING. I took a rag and wrench and investigated, when I moved the pulley, THE DIODE THAT HAD FALLEN DOWN INSIDE SHORTED
I got to sit there and watch THE ENTIRE ENGINE HARNESS go pppppsppsppsssssshhhhhssssppphhhhtttttt...........ssssssssss........ttt!!!
AND THEN THE FUSE LINK BLEW
So it shorted and melted the underhood harness into a huge stinking mess AND THEN popped the fuse!!!
Called the dealer and told them to send a tow truck and a different loaner car. They sent the wetback with the booster cables instead. I went out and he looked at me and said "YOU NEED A TOW TRUCK!!!"
This old photo is from either '73 or 74
"I have news".............a story from the old days
"Back in the day", not long after buying my 440-6 RR from a friend (who I saw last summer) some girls were "window shopping" in National City S of San Diego and REALLY A-holed it. Not knowing better, McCune Chrysler Plymouth got it "to fix" and I got a junk loaner car, Valiant /6 with bald tires and rock hard heater hoses. One of them broke, later.................
ANYWAY my Chief PO came in one morning and it was "cool" out. I had fired up the thing about 5 min. earlier and was in the shop, getting "off duty." He gave me the "Columbo" bit and says "is that supposed to be screeching and smoking?
SO I went out and shut it off, THE ALTERNATOR WAS NOT ROTATING. I took a rag and wrench and investigated, when I moved the pulley, THE DIODE THAT HAD FALLEN DOWN INSIDE SHORTED
I got to sit there and watch THE ENTIRE ENGINE HARNESS go pppppsppsppsssssshhhhhssssppphhhhtttttt...........ssssssssss........ttt!!!
AND THEN THE FUSE LINK BLEW
So it shorted and melted the underhood harness into a huge stinking mess AND THEN popped the fuse!!!
Called the dealer and told them to send a tow truck and a different loaner car. They sent the wetback with the booster cables instead. I went out and he looked at me and said "YOU NEED A TOW TRUCK!!!"
This old photo is from either '73 or 74
