I've been trying to sort out the electrical in my Challenger. I'd like the basics to work, and after the electrical, it's real close to being driveable again!
The car is a 1970 Challenger, the engine harness is a 1970, the dash/harness is out of a '74 Challenger with three speaker dash and AC, and the rest of the body harness is also 1970 Challenger.
Problem:
The only electrical I'm getting out of it is the tail lights and rear side lights, and it sounds like my starter relay is working when I turn the key. I have to connect the starter wiring to see if it turns over.
With the key on, the wiper motor works.
However, there are no dash lights, no head lights, the gauges don't seem to power on, and probably other stuff, but those are the biggies.
In the engine compartment I have the battery positive hooked to the starter relay, then a lead that has the fusible link before the large red wire going to the bulkhead connector. The large black wire that should go through the bulkhead to the amp gauge is NOT connected to the alternator yet.
I was looking into the wiring diagram, looks like the AMP lead starts at the alternator, goes up through the bulkhead, junctions in the wiring towards the fuse box and then up to the AMP gauge, then back down through the bulkhead connector to the large lug on the starter relay.
If the AMP lead wasn't connected at the alternator, would it not allow that to complete the circuit? I was reading here that the AMP gauge needs to be hooked up, or nothing happens.
Basically, I just want my electrical to work. Any ideas what I should check or recheck?
