Ignition switch connector 68 Dart GTS

You have the battery disconnected while doing this work , correct?

only reason I ask is another member did not recently and had a melt down with an inadvertent short


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Kazman said

someone has already done the high voltage bypass through the bulkhead disconnect.

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How was this accomplished?

If they bypassed the ammeter it should not be showing anything. see if you can get some photos of the front and back of the ammeter. THERE is a possibility that someone did a VOLT meter swap?


Is the car stock or does it have added on electronics (fans, stereo etc)

Did your solder stop the high current charging? I would trace that down fast as that indicates either the VR is getting too little voltage and is increasing the charging to compensate OR there is a large load on the system