Melted ignition switch dash plug

[71340RT]

I drove my challenger last week and noticed my dash gages all went to the lower end and my amp gauge was at the high end. I went straight home and noticed a smell of burnt wires. Here is the plug that I found has burnt on both ends so the wiring harness will be changed out and the ignition switch as it has melted to. Hope is all goes smooth and I have another wiring harness already to go soon as I find time to pull it all apart. Take a look at my plugs that got hot and melted.

[dodj]

The large red wire barrel connector overheating and melting is not a rare occurrence.
Glad you made it home. Also a little surprised you managed to get home with that. Voltage to the coil must have been getting pretty low!

[roadman5312]

This would be a good time to bypass the amp gauge and comvert to to volts.   

[YellowThumper]

This would be a good time to bypass the amp gauge and convert to to volts.   

X2 on that. Also check out your firewall bulkhead connections on the engine side. Put odds down you have more. Unfortunately this is a real weak point on these old Mopars.

Mike