ammeter?

[whitey]

I'm trying to wrap up everything on the car so I can fire it up.
I keep blowing the 20 amp fuse in socket 4 of the fuse block, as soon as i hook up the battery it sparks and blows the fuse. My father-in-law and i removed the gauge cluster, and upon doing this it stopped. Held the connectors for the ammeter together and the spark was gone. Placed them back on the ammeter, it sparked and blew the fuse. Would it cause any problems to remove the connectors and splice the wires together since the ammeter only measures current?

 

[RedFish]

Use a small 10-24 nut and bolt to connect those and tape it up good. Better than cutting off the factory connecters.
Probably not the amp gauge itself blowing that fuse anyway.
Good luck

 

[whitey]

acttually, I found that out. This is really frustrating and confusing.

 

[RedFish]

We need to know what doesn't work once the fuse is blown. What is powered by that fuse ? Got a test light ?

 

[mullinax95]

Read this: http://madelectrical.com/electricaltech/amp-gauges.shtml

This is what I did to my car. I bought a voltage meter later that came with the oil pressure and temperature.

 

[whitey]

Use a small 10-24 nut and bolt to connect those and tape it up good. Better than cutting off the factory connecters.
Probably not the amp gauge itself blowing that fuse anyway.
Good luck

Well, after removing the dash harness and tracing wire anfter wire, my father-in-law and I discovered it wasn't the dash harness after all. It's the harness for the dome light. I thought i had disconnected the body harness when I was troubleshooting. I was surprised when I was slicing away the tape, the wiring is in extremely good shape for 35 years, just man made problems that I've now corrected.