71 Dart overcharging

67dart273's instructions helped me diagnose the overcharging in my '72 Scamp with the voltage drop test; I'd never encountered that issue before so it was very helpful to have the expertise at your beckon call...found out there was a 2V drop between the ignition switch and the battery, which creates the difference sensed by the VR, and leads to the overcharge condition. When I tried to replace the ignition harness, I ran into issues so I just installed an ignition relay--all overcharge problems went away, and system voltage dropped down to about 14V~14.5V IIRC.


Thanks, you verified what I was going to do, works. Simple fix with a bosh relay.

Just a side note for others who may read this. I had a MSD ballast resistor installed, instead of the stock one, back from when we raced the car. it was .8 ohms. The coil would overheat, and it would die now and again. It acted like fuel loss, or flooding.
When it had that ballast resistor installed, it charge like 16.5, and the tac went crazy. So this now makes sense. As the resistance was incorrect, it caused the voltage to the regulator to be lower(ballast resistor and regulator are powered on same wire).