There's something wrong with my wiring.
Everything was great, and hunky-dorey. I've got a temp gauge and a oil pressure gauge that haven't worked correctly yet, but I'm working through bugs.
So last week, I installed the distributorless ignition from Mark (love it, by the way).
the installation instructions were very specific about it needing to be grounded well, so I pulled a new ground wire from the motor / block over to the firewall and grounded it all there.
I noticed my non-working oil gauge started working backwards .... but as I say, I'm still getting to the little stuff. It hovers around 1/4 gauge at idle, and when I rev it, the needle swings left, back past / under zero.
Nex tthing you know, the alternator quits charging. Now, it's a 35 year old alternator, so I shrugged and bought Mark's new 95a unit.
now, a day later, it has quit charging as well.
So.... adding 2 and 7, I get 13. I think I've got a problem of something going to ground, and burning-out the alt. I'm really hoping its' just the regulator by the way: mark, can I replace that regulator?
So somebody help me think through this?
I'm getting ready to pull the dash again tomorrow. and if I do, I'll probably break-out the CAT5 and re-wire it.
I guess, what I need to know, is there a way to test this, to see where I'm going to ground? Can I disconnect the battery and measure resistance between the + and - cables? or?
how would y'all smarter people go about trouble-shooting this?
