225 charging problem

pt70 said
I read the MAD article ,what a bunch of BS. I've taken apart a police cruiser with the 65A alternator 1973? and the wiring was still in good shape after years of abuse.
The problems people have are mostly due to modifications they make. Headlight wiring is only adequate, so don't add hi-watt headlights without relays. Check the 3/8'' nuts on the back of the ammeter to make them snug, and spray the firewall plug with a lite oil when you do an oil change. Be careful with large output alternators on A-bodies. In 1971, the standard output alternator for 6 cylinder A-bodies was 26 amps!

You don't know what you are talking about. There are many cases right here on this board, where the bulkhead connector, the ammeter eyelet terminals, and or the ammeter itself has failed or partially failed. In my "yuth" I had a 70 440-6 RR. The bulkhead connector failed on that. Since Al Gore had not invented the internet yet, I drilled out the bulkhead connector where the melted ammeter terminals had been and just snaked larger wire through there

You WANT PROOF? Look up the optional 65 a fleet/ police/ taxi wiring. This is a factory/ dealer modification which essentially bypasses the bulkhead connector. It's right there in the shop manuals. So "Ma" knew about the problem. AND, the larger rigs, the sea barges, went with external shunt ammeters before A bodies, and Ma finally changed the A body ammeter to external shunt in either 75 or 76