RE: [Chevelle-List] Electrical suggestions?

[Crazy Rusty]

Thanks everyone for all your suggestions.  I am going to do some more troubleshooting this weekend based on those suggestions to see what’s up.  I know my headlight switch needs to be replaced for a fact so that could play into it.  Everything in the car is original with the exception of the gauges so it really is a total mess.  Just hooking up my power antenna I found 5 different wires that were about 5 feet long and didn’t actually go anywhere…  Plus I found a CB radio antenna… kind of strange.   I put the rally gauges in it last year and took out the idiot lights.  For that fact alone I will be getting a new wiring harness fairly soon because I just don’t trust my own handy work (even though the gauges work).     “Crazy” Rusty 1969 Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe with a “Rat’s Nest”     No “Dr. Electron”, I absolutely “hate” the car... that’s why I asked “the question”, to see if it will go up “in flames”.  But “I” really “do” appreciate your “observations”.   -----Original Message----- From: owner-[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 4:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Chevelle-List] Electrical suggestions?   I can pretty much gauruntee you have a bad ground somewhere.  I have this problem in my 70 and I know that it is the circuit board on the back of the dash.  It happens when a hot wire touches metal.  I had the same problem in my 69 and it ended up being the headlight switch was shot.  I put a new one in and it worked great.  I seriously doubt you need a new dash harness.  They don't really go bad unless you have a meltdown of some sort.  Both of my cars have the original harnesses in them and they work great for being 34/35 years old.  Try the simplest things first before diving into harness replacement.  Hope this helps. Tom