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Re: IML: 1965 electricals



ummmm.......  My 65 has the fusible link that did short out and cause complete electrical failure.... first though, the ammeter gauge went, and then the fusible link went later.  It took two auto electric "pro"s and about $400.00 in fees before it was decided that the gauge was shot and it took the last guy about two minutes to bypass the actual gauge under the dash, and everything has been fine since. 
    Also, the fusible link is shown in my 1965 National Service Data book as being there....

----- Original Message ----
From: JIM LORENZEN <jdlpdx@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 2, 2007 8:17:19 PM
Subject: Re: IML: 1965 electricals

Really.....  Well, as Rosanna Rosanna Dana used to say, "Never mind".
 
Jim L. in OR
----- Original Message -----
From: john sadowski
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Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: IML: 1965 electricals

Unless someone added one later, the 65 doesn't have a fusible link. I'm not sure if 67-68 has it, but sure that 69 does. The one on my 69 fried last year.
 
John
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 5:55 PM
Subject: Re: IML: 1965 electricals

Hi Timothy,
 
I think I've got to go with Pete as to the fusible link.  If you touched the wrong cable enough to get sparks, even for a moment, the link could have sacrificed its self  to save the rest of the system - which is exactly what it's there for.  I may be wrong, but that is the first place I'd look.
 
Once again, good luck!
 
Jim L. in OR
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 5:08 PM
Subject: Re: IML: 1965 electricals

Where I lucked out on that was that there were sparks when I began to hook up the first end of the jumper cable.  I knew something was wrong immediately, as the Volvo was running at the time, so I knew to hook it up to the other post.
 
Timothy Callaway
1965 Crown 4-door
 
The same thing happened to me on my parents '60 one night in 1970 when
I was using it. Someone at a Drive In Movie Theatre tried to help me by
jumping it, and hooked them up wrong because the negative cable was
red. The battery blew up, but luckily it didn't harm the paint.

Paul W.

-----Original Message-----
From: jdlpdx@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wed, 2 May 2007 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: IML: 1965 electricals

Hi Tim,
 
Back when I was using my '60 as a daily driver I friend of mine needed
a jump.  He hooked the cables up wrong and my battery blew up! There
were pieces of battery all over the place.  The paint on the passenger
front fender still has some minor acid burns.




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