I agree Jim. I read a great deal of electrical information from Mark at MAD Electrical and he is right on target with helpful remedies to the weak links in our system. I incorporated his recommendations along with battery relocation to the trunk & remote solenoid so the starter wire is only hot during cranking (every “touch” that starter terminal while working on the chassis components and have it arc?)…as well as relays, fusible links, SXL wiring (crimped/soldered/Polyolefin heat shrinked…) distribution terminals and the like. Also used redundant grounds with a ground terminal block in the engine bay…used 1 – 0 double-jacketed fine strand welding cable in rear & up front for a complete grounding “loop.” Mark is always willing to take calls to help all of “us” with improving our Mopar wiring. Gary Pavlovich From: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Jim Jablonski The two concepts introduced by Mark at MAD are not myths: - “Thermal Runaway” from resistance is real. Ask anyone in Michigan who drove a Mopar back in the day as a daily driver in the winter with heater, wipers, lights, etc. going. Burned out bulkhead terminals were a rite of passage - The introduction of relays to avoid running voltage in real time throughout the chassis was a design improvement that eventually all manufacturers went to - Mopar was just remarkably late to this party despite their obvious innovations in many other areas Now, can you keep your old cruiser 100 stock? Of course. But if you add power circuits and / or want to generally upgrade your system, eliminating the amp gauge and heavy power wire would be job 1. Just my opinion, of course. Jim On Friday, August 20, 2021, 11:45 AM, neal zimmerman <neal.zimmerman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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