Let's welcome "Gina" here! (a 1970 440 Charger-Driving girl)!!! >CHARGER_GIRL?

[Charger Aficionado]

  O.K. I had to go find her!!!  But I found a CHARGER_GIRL!!!  (that should be her S/N if it's not taken)!  How about that!  A REAL Charger-owning girl! 

  Folks she is from Indiana, and she cannot drive her Charger because her Wiring harness is TOAST.  She says she has a short by the Altenator...  I invited her here to see if we can find a Charger GURU by her...  We need her general area also to find a member, but she has to sign-up to give us that!  I also recommended http://evanswiring.tripod.com/ for a harness... 

[2fast4u]

   Well it's a shame that you don't live closer to me......I know of a few guys that are really good with wiring on the older mopars!

  But since you're not.......good luck Gina......and speak up from time to time on the board.....not too many girls on here ya know!!!


   Welcome     

2fast

[TheGhost]

That's one damn good looking 70.

[Troy]

You shouldn't have had to look far - she's already here...
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,10581.0.html

I think smasherofall helped with the car some and Danny (69_500) is real close. I know we have some more Indianapolis members. I'm about two hours away so I haven't quite made it over there yet.

Troy

[mopar_madman]

yeah I thought she was a member already, I've seen that car before, name is angel or something similiar.

[bull]

Welcome, or welcome back, or rewelcome. Anyway, nice to have you here.

[dkn1997]

Nice.....

[DarkAngel0816]

Now you all know my real name!  LMAO!  Yep...hello myspacer! 

I am here already...BUT hey that is a photo of me a few months back with the car.  Now you all have a recent photo too.

I tend not to be posting a lot lately due to work and school keeping me busy.  Plus I have been working on a novel so yep.

But yay!  Thanks all!  lol  And smasherforall does live close to me and has helped me with the Charger such as helping out with the new radiator and so forth.  Awesome guy! 

[smasherofall]

 

[Drache]

You guys dont remember her? There was a HUGE topic about her and her problems with her Charger before! Sheesh guys c'mon! 

[Charger Aficionado]

Ooops mustuv missed that one!  Saw her on myspace...  Good to know someone is helping her out.  It's cool when girls have Chargers, and I'd hate to see one feel dead-ended with her car...

[The Ghoul]

Ooops mustuv missed that one!  Saw her on myspace...  Good to know someone is helping her out.  It's cool when girls have Chargers, and I'd hate to see one feel dead-ended with her car...

your a girl?
I gotta stop calling you a dick then.
LOL
just kiddin around. Ill still call you that.
I keep suggesting she throw a 'speghetti' dinner to have every one come over and lend a hand.
Im shite with electrical, so Ill help distribute beer

[Drache]

I think I still have one of her PMs kickin around in my inbox.... lol

[greenpigs]

Now you all know my real name!  LMAO!  Yep...hello myspacer! 

I am here already...BUT hey that is a photo of me a few months back with the car.  Now you all have a recent photo too.

So you have a short, does it take long to drain the battery?

If enough of us get involved in this we should be able to figure it out, and electric stuff most times doesn't need much wrench turning.

It could be a ground issue, if you can post pictures of the engine compartment..we might see something or not. The thing is to get started and start weeding out the potential problems.

Not sure how money is for you but year one offers a replacement engine harness for around $100 and you can replace the other ones later. It might be expensive but buying a battery and\or playing "replace the part and hope" isn't any cheaper.

[tan top]

nice looking charger

[Darkness]

Hmmm... I think I see a few leg humpers in here. 

[Silver R/T]

thats nice 70

[blackcharger]

Now you all know my real name!  LMAO!  Yep...hello myspacer! 

I am here already...BUT hey that is a photo of me a few months back with the car.  Now you all have a recent photo too.

I tend not to be posting a lot lately due to work and school keeping me busy.  Plus I have been working on a novel so yep.

well you need to get your priorties in order! MOPAR first, then the site to tell us about your progress!
Nice looking Charger.

Dave

[DarkAngel0816]

Hmmm... I think I see a few leg humpers in here. 

Heh.  

And the wiring truely is pure crap.  A guy I was friends with looked at it and told me the best bet was to redo it all.  He found live wires that were just hanging and I don't know.  He works electrical and he was just flabbergasted at the whole wiring of the car.  Said you could tell over the years the wires had been spliced for this and that.  The fuse box is melted...none of the gauges work...and I mean NONE of them.  Headlights and the wipers is about it.  Times when I drove it I would get a white wisp of smoke come into the car...by the steering wheel....and than a few weeks ago one of the wires that go to the alternator flamed up on me.  Scared me for the last thing I want is to lose the whole car to a fire along with my house.


The battery is cool though...has not drained it.  Just the smoke and fire issue makes it all point to a huge wiring issue.  Hence why that is the first thing on the to do things instead of getting the frame rails done.  No point in fixing the frame if the car electrical craps out on me totally and the car does catch on fire.  It is at this point not drivable and I do not even dare to start it.  

I feel pretty lucky though for I have had people offer help on the car...smasherofall is one...and my neighbor does body work and already has told me he would do that.  Just cannot do frame work...which I have some plans on where to go with that.  My biggest thing though is to get it paid off than I will have more freedom on it.  And keep my main car out of the shop.  lol

The semester for college is done the first week of May.  Than my priority will be my job (uh yah right) and working on the car.  lol  The novel thing is a stress reliever.

[The Ghoul]

just keep in mind, give us enough of a heads up and we will be there to help out.

[Blusmbl]

Sounds like your best bet is to find somebody parting out a '68 - '70 and just buy the dash and engine harnesses from them.  If the wiring is *that* hacked up, it'll take somebody good with a schematic weeks to fix it to the point of it no longer being dangerous.

Mine melted the bulkhead connector when the fusible link gave up the ghost, but I was able to patch it to the point where mine was driveable again.  It sounds like yours is in need of more serious help. 

You could always keep driving it, just leave the negative battery cable loose so you can remove it easily, and always carry a fire extinguisher. 

[Big Lebowski]

The dash harnesses are about $500, I replaced all 4 on mine, engine, front lighting, rear lighting, and the dash harness. About a $1000 for all of them.

Dark Angel, I'll bet your problem is in 1 of 3 areas...Bulkhead connector, starter switch, headlight wiring & headlight relay.

   ****Don't forget the ammeter gauge is probably toast as well.****

                           Dude.

[Charger Aficionado]

Someone needs to post a link to that headlamp bypass schematic thing that keeps all the headlamp juice from going to the headlamp switch...  Or does the '70 have that problem as well???  I know my '69 sure did...  When she mentioned white smoke, that reminded me of it...

[tan top]

it's a lot of $$$'s in one go but if it were me i would replace with all new harnesses, because with 36 year old stuff  it becomes brittle, and prone to cracking.fix one short there is another waiting to happen! plus three decades of different owners splicing wires  in for radios  extra lights , different ignition systems , and who knows what, you are better of starting with new stuff . i would also fit new voltage regulator / ballast resistor plus check out instrument cluster wiring and switches.

[69_500]

If you wind up needing any help working on that charger, feel free to ask. There are plenty of Charger owners here in the Indy area, as well as plenty of Mopar people