04-18-2016, 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by PeteF
DanEC, on your 67 GTX, I seem to remember that factory cars used what was called a shunted ammeter, which did not route all the current through the gauge. If the wiring to your gauge is small diameter, then you have a shunted ammeter, and no need to worry.
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Could be - I didn't pay much attention to it when I had the dash apart but off-hand I don't remember any large wiring there. Actually, the instruments panel uses a large printed circuit sheet to power everything in the instrument cluster so you are probably right. But - they are well know for electrical fires. I know someone who had one back in the 70s and his ownership of it ended with a dash fire. But he still misses it.  |
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