RJG
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Would someone be able to reccomend a source for a wiring diagram for a '63 Valiant?
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wiring diagram '63 valiant
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67Dart273
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Either find your self a repop factory shop manual (ebay?)
There are usable diagrams at MyMopar:
http://www.mymopar.com/index.php?pid=31
There is a 66 manual posted there for download, don't know what the differences between 63 and 66 might be
There are usable diagrams at MyMopar:
http://www.mymopar.com/index.php?pid=31
There is a 66 manual posted there for download, don't know what the differences between 63 and 66 might be
mischiefdart
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What are you having trouble with?
RJG
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Thank you. I will follow those leads.
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RJG
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The previous owner of my 63 convertible had installed a seperate gauge cluster and then removed them before selling to me. The red wire that attaches to a single stud on the back of the cluster has been cut. I do not know where the other end would be connected. This is the heavier gage wire that attaches to a threaded stud labeled 'RED WIRE'
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mischiefdart
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Let me look, I think I have a diagram for a '63
mischiefdart
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well the factory manual I have is pretty confusing but all the red wires seem to be battery hot and feed things like
cigarette lighter
hazard switch
dimmer switch
power top or tailgate switch
cigarette lighter
hazard switch
dimmer switch
power top or tailgate switch
67Dart273
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That would be one of the two ammeter connections. You'll have no interior power unless it's jumpered to the black ammeter wire, or connected to an ammeter (that's what the studs on the cluster are.
Here is a simplified diagram, from MAD:
(Scroll down the page) The difference I BELIEVE is that on your older car, the two main battery and charging leads do not go through the bulkhead connector, but, rather, two separate entrances nearby
http://www.madelectrical.com/electricaltech/amp-gauges.shtml
Here's the diagrams from MyMopar:
http://www.mymopar.com/downloads/1963/63ValiantA.jpg
http://www.mymopar.com/downloads/1963/63ValiantB.jpg
On diagram A, find the ammeter down about 2/3 of the page, about the middle horizontally
The black and red represent the heavy red battery, and black charging leads, off to the right to diagram "B"
Follow them up the page and through the bulkhead, and notice that the RED goes to the starter relay. Normally there is a fuse link there. That is the battery supply.
The black goes over to the alternator output stud
Now back to diagram "A", follow the black from the ammeter off to the right to a splice. THIS IS a factory welded splice, taped up in the under--dash harness, and is where power takes off to various places.
The headlight switch headlight power only. (Tail, park, and dash are fed from a fuse separately) (BLACK going up the page)
The ignition switch (RED going down and to the switch
The fuse panel "hot buss" (RED/ TR going off to the other diagram to the fuse panel)
So you can see, if the big RED and big BLACK are disconnected, there will be no power to the car interior.
Here is a simplified diagram, from MAD:
(Scroll down the page) The difference I BELIEVE is that on your older car, the two main battery and charging leads do not go through the bulkhead connector, but, rather, two separate entrances nearby
http://www.madelectrical.com/electricaltech/amp-gauges.shtml
Here's the diagrams from MyMopar:
http://www.mymopar.com/downloads/1963/63ValiantA.jpg
http://www.mymopar.com/downloads/1963/63ValiantB.jpg
On diagram A, find the ammeter down about 2/3 of the page, about the middle horizontally
The black and red represent the heavy red battery, and black charging leads, off to the right to diagram "B"
Follow them up the page and through the bulkhead, and notice that the RED goes to the starter relay. Normally there is a fuse link there. That is the battery supply.
The black goes over to the alternator output stud
Now back to diagram "A", follow the black from the ammeter off to the right to a splice. THIS IS a factory welded splice, taped up in the under--dash harness, and is where power takes off to various places.
The headlight switch headlight power only. (Tail, park, and dash are fed from a fuse separately) (BLACK going up the page)
The ignition switch (RED going down and to the switch
The fuse panel "hot buss" (RED/ TR going off to the other diagram to the fuse panel)
So you can see, if the big RED and big BLACK are disconnected, there will be no power to the car interior.
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