Ignition Issues - ‘74 Dart Sport
If there is nothing supoer obvious visually, use the ohmeter to find the location.
First very verify the short shows up by connecting one lead to the circuit and the other to ground.
Then disconnect the alt output wire (Batt terminal) and see if that solves it. If not, keep going. Disconnect each wire connecting back to the battery wire until you find the short.
Just look at the unfused wires that are normally always connected to the battery. In other words, always hot.
We know the short occured with nothing turned on, and on the other side of the fusible link.
So one of these made a good connection to ground - good enough the fusible link went poof real fast.
It's best not to assume anything. The fact that you just changed a wire doesn't guarentee the alternator didn't short internally or that the wire didn't get pinched or grounded.
If there is nothing supoer obvious visually, use the ohmeter to find the location.
First very verify the short shows up by connecting one lead to the circuit and the other to ground.
Then disconnect the alt output wire (Batt terminal) and see if that solves it. If not, keep going. Disconnect each wire connecting back to the battery wire until you find the short.
Just look at the unfused wires that are normally always connected to the battery. In other words, always hot.
We know the short occured with nothing turned on, and on the other side of the fusible link.
So one of these made a good connection to ground - good enough the fusible link went poof real fast.
