Why not cook marshmallows on my under dash fire?
67dart273, I like the MAD article, it's a good read and awesome info. Will definitely be doing the bypass. Although, the article still doesn't explain why I have power on both sides of the coil.
What do you have for ignition? points? Mopar breakerless? MSD? what?
If you have Mopar breakerless either the box is not grounded, the box is bad, or the wiring that got fried welded something together out under the hood
Frankly, looking at the first photo of "fried" you posted, I'd start with the latter
This is not my rodeo. But I've been on a few. Original Mopar harnesses are NOT well protected, here's a very good / bad example. That is a good example of a bad problem.
Let's say you suffer a problem in the alternator which results in a dead short at the alternator output stud
Look at the MAD article. The "dead short" extends all the way around the engine bay harness on the Big Black alternator wire WHICH IS GOING TO GET HOT. It goes through the bulkhead, and heats up those terminals. It runs up to the ammeter, and heats up the black in that harness, through the ammeter, which it might damage, and out on the red which goes back out the bulkhead.
And it heats THAT up to smoking hot stinking smelly.
And finally, "if you are lucky" at some point the fuse link goes pffffssszfffzfzffzfzffffffppphhhhhhttt!!! ???
And you have..........two ruined harnesses.