Dash Power wire?????

[QUOTE='74 Sport]Last night, I looked at the back of a spare cluster I have. The two posts sticking out the back of the ammeter do not have circuits leading to/from them on the printed board. I wondered about that until I remembered what happened when I first re-installed the cluster in my son's car.

Some of you may remember when I was asking about a problem with the instrument lights, turn indicators, high/low beam indicator, etc. acting crazy. Lights dimmed or flashed when they shouldn't and other major gremlins. The ammeter was hooked up properly, but in my haste, I forgot to plug in the round connector in the middle of the instrument cluster (yes, the BIG one). Once I plugged it in, everything (right down to the light on a delay to let you see where your key goes in) worked wonderfully!!

Jim, I'm not trying to contradict what you just said, but I don't see how power gets to the cluster through the ammeter, based on what I experienced.

Just a thought,
Jerry[/QUOTE]

This is getting to be a "weired" but interresting post. I don't think Jim's really saying that the (-) amp is directly connected to your cluster to power things up, however yes...indirectly we know the final result after going to the ALT, Fuses ect...will then go to the clusters main connection. No (-) connection...No go period!

Clear as mud....(to me)