65 Electrical woes

[randalpark@xxxxxxx]

My 1956 and both 1960's have that style as well.

Paul W.

-----Original Message-----
From: jsadowski@xxxxxxx
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Sent: Wed, 2 May 2007 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: IML: 65 Electrical woes

If it has the original positive cable, it should have a clamp about 
midway that connects to the starter relay. I have a couple of spares 
that are still complete. When the positive cable goes bad, most folks 
seem to cut it at that clamp & run a new cable from the relay to the 
battery & left the other section to the starter intact. I think this 
style is from 61-66. 
John 
----- Original Message ----- From: "Pete Engel" 
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Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 1:48 PM 
Subject: IML: 65 Electrical woes 
 
Quoted from a previous post: 
 
> I'm surprised the red one ends up under the a/c. The negative cable 
> (usually black) is terminated somewhere around the a/c compressor. It 
> hooks directly to the engine. Is this cable connected to the negative 
> terminal on the battery? 
> 
 
I'm in the process of stripping a 66 Chrysler Town and Country wagon. 
It 
has factory A/C. At some point in the past 40 years the negative 
battery 
cable was replaced. The cable used was red. It is bolted to the engine 
using the forwardmost intake manifold bolt on the driver's side of the 
engine. Well, actually, not intake manifold bolt but the one forward of 
that. It's another threaded hole in the cylinder head, one used to hold 
the 
a/c compressor bracket to the head. 
 
As for the positive cable, I have yet to see one go directly from the 
battery to the starter relay. Someone is thinking FoMoCo. On every 
Mopar 
I've worked on the positive battery cable (defined as the thickest + 
cable) 
goes directly to the starter motor. However, a fairly large wire does 
go 
 from the battery positive terminal to the starter relay. Another 
largish 
wire then goes from the relay to the starter. So the starter relay 
handles 
only starter SOLENOID current; starter MOTOR current is handled by the 
large 
cable going directly from the battery to the starter. 
 
I sounds to me like the main fusible link on the 65 melted at the same 
time 
the carburetor was attacked. Possibly the wiring harness on the inner 
fender got moved during the attack ;-) 
 
Pete in PA 
 
 
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