Nathan Pardo
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So, I have a big problem with my wiring. Before I bought the car, the previous owner made a mess out of the wiring. I have worked on many mopars before, but never to this extend with the wiring. anyhow, the blinker lights don't work, none of the gauges work, one of my headlights is brighter than the other and if I switch the wires around its the same thing. The bigger problem is that I was testing for electricity for my dash to work. I found out that the negative (black) wire to the amp meter had electricity. I couldn't understand why? after a while experimenting with the car found out that whenever the red wire was connect. I would have electricity going through the black wire. So smart me decide to connect the black wire and the red wire to a separate volt meter. which I later found out its a BIG NO! The fusible link in my car was bypassed and electricity was going through everywhere. luckily I jumped out and disconnected the battery just on time before anything caught on fire. The red wire going to the amp meter melted the insulation plastic. I bought a new starter relay, fusible link, alternator regulator, inspected all the wires to see if any other burned. And only the red wire going to the amp meter burned. It didn't burned all the way through, so I cut it to where it stopped melting. anyhow the car doesn't have any electricity inside the car. I replaced the battery and nothing. Checked if the electricity was constant to the starter, starter relay, and going to the bulkhead but after that nothing. I didn't have time to inspect anymore, I'm a pre-Med student so my time is limited. Did I killed my cars wiring forever?