Amp Gauge "Sorta" Bypass Question

If the ammeter moves at all it won't tell you anything "truthful." Rob the big danger here is that you need to fuse/ breaker that bypass wire, as the fuse link is not protecting the new wire.

The "easy way" is to get a voltmeter

On a side note, a member here is sending me an "external shunt" ammeter out of a 76? car. My plan IF I LIVE LONG ENOUGH to get the 74 driving, is to experiment with it----I can "patch" the shunt ammeter into the STOCK harness and get some idea of how and "how easy" this can be implemented.

What this might mean EG is...........if you are like me and like ammeters, but want to fix the problem, you could (if this works out well) get an external shunt "junker" out of a Mopar/ Ford/ GM and adapt it into the ammeter shell the same way the voltmeter conversion was done........then wire it into the harness and "have your cake"

This would however, require some study to get the wiring "corrected" so the new shunt device would indicate correctly----same as the discussion here

Remember...........the general theory of car ammeters is...........

You want the alternator and all loads on one side,..........and the battery on the other..........

Sorry for the babble.........