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    MAD electrical upgrade for 1973 Dart

    Car will start in any gear position. No reverse lights. I need to figure out what the prev owner did to bypass the neutral safety switch circuit and fix that. Then hook up the neutral safety switch. That should get me reverse lights.
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    MAD electrical upgrade for 1973 Dart

    Thanks, The shifter is in the column. But at one time before I got the car, it had a floor shifter. Some mods were definitely done to the wiring. right now everything seems to be working fine. It will be pretty hard to find the "Jump" to ground. I haven't had a chance to see if it will start in...
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    MAD electrical upgrade for 1973 Dart

    So, I traced the wire that goes to the neutral safety switch. The 3 wire plug is not even hooked up to the Switch on the Trans. Previous owner must have grounded it somewhere and after moving things around the connection got fixed. So now I can start it with the ignition switch. Now I just need...
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    MAD electrical upgrade for 1973 Dart

    Update: I am able to run the car by putting ignition switch in run position and then jumping the Starter relay. If I turn ignition switch to start, I get power to both of the lower terminals on the relay. but power is not going to Starter Lug on relay. It is starting to look like a bad starter...
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    MAD electrical upgrade for 1973 Dart

    Do I need to ground the ignition switch for test purposes? I have it hooked up but not installed in column yet. Short is gone but it will not engage the starter in the start position. Thanks. Also 2 more weird points: 1: There is power to the Starter Post on the starter relay even when in run...
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    MAD electrical upgrade for 1973 Dart

    I Got the wiring upgrade done. There's definitely a dead short in the ignition switch. I will order one and take it from there.Thanks for all the replies so far.
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    MAD electrical upgrade for 1973 Dart

    Okay thanks, Is this regardless of what type of distributer is installed? Does it being extremely hot indicate a short?
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    MAD electrical upgrade for 1973 Dart

    Okay thanks, I wasn't sure if the Balast resistor was normally hot. I really appreciate the replies on this as I am pretty poor at electrical/wiring. The MSD system was in the car when I got it but I will try to compare the wiring to their website. I also need to ID the distributer.
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    MAD electrical upgrade for 1973 Dart

    Thanks, The conections are crappy especially where the Fusible link fried. That was where the Red wire runs to the Amp Meter. I will find the short before hooking the Battery back up.
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    MAD electrical upgrade for 1973 Dart

    Any thoughts on this?
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    No spark question

    Link to new thread. http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?p=1970620194#post1970620194
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    MAD electrical upgrade for 1973 Dart

    I am getting ready to do the MAD upgrade. My dart has an MSD 6A ignition unit installed and everything was working fine until: 1. My Dart wouldn't start and the Key would not engage the Starter. 2 I left the key in Run and jumped the Starter Relay but the car would not start. 3. The Fusible...
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    No spark question

    I wiil start the new thread. I got the 3 connectors pulled in the engine bay but no sigh og Burning. I think the Fusible link was what was smoking. It feels pretty "spongy". It's real tight in there for pictures and to work on it.
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    No spark question

    Okay thanks. I will try today. This car also has an MSD ignition system. The weird thing is that the Ballast resistor was left hooked up but never seemed to be a problem. The wire that smoked is definitely one of the 2 that go to the Ammeter. Myinitial guess is that I have to do the MAD bypass...
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    No spark question

    Could you please tell me where the dead short was? Thanks. I am going through this problem right now. my 73 would not crank so I left it in run position and tried to start by jumping the Solenoid. She would not fire up. Then the connector at the bulk head started smoking. I disconnected the...
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