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Got a stumper of an elec. gremlin Any IDEAS.......EATS TURN SWITCHES!!

Started by Charger-Bodie, August 11, 2009, 04:53:20 PM

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Charger-Bodie

Ok , Last year we finished up a 69 1/2 Super Bee clone for a guy. The dang thing keeps frying the switch assy in the column.....We tried two repops and they fried in about 50 miles, then We got a nice used one and it lasted about 500 miles. It doesn't blow fuses when this happens. It just starts smoking from the column and poof another junk switch. We have trace the wires and cant find anything causing it..Any help is appreciated.
68 Charger R/t white with black v/t and red tailstripe. 440 4 speed ,black interior
68 383 auto with a/c and power windows. Now 440 4 speed jj1 gold black interior .
My Charger is a hybrid car, it burns gas and rubber............

nascarxx29

As the wire that has the least plastic coating remaining on it.Is the suspect wire that got the hottest. Any pictures of what areas melted down.Any chance steering column is near a extreme heat source headers etc .That might be causing switch to melt .And wires to short out. Is it a original interior dash harness or a repo one
1969 R4 Daytona XX29L9B410772
1970 EV2 Superbird RM23UOA174597
1970 FY1 Superbird RM23UOA166242
1970 EV2 Superbird RM23VOA179697
1968 426 Road Runner RM21J8A134509
1970 Coronet RT WS23UOA224126
1970 Daytona Clone XP29GOG178701

71_deputy

something is drawing lots of power.  even when new the wiring/ switch contacts barely did the job- now people add big sound systems, electric fans, lights that draw off the existing wiring.

what color is the wire that is melting???  that will help in finding the way!
1971 Deputy Challenger 383 4bbl-- 1 of 2 made!!
1967 Charger 440/auto
1973 Road Runner 340/4 speed
2000 1500 Ram Van

nascarxx29

Ive seen where people hooked up stereos.And tapped the wires on the turn signal harness for etc power acessories
1969 R4 Daytona XX29L9B410772
1970 EV2 Superbird RM23UOA174597
1970 FY1 Superbird RM23UOA166242
1970 EV2 Superbird RM23VOA179697
1968 426 Road Runner RM21J8A134509
1970 Coronet RT WS23UOA224126
1970 Daytona Clone XP29GOG178701

nascarxx29

As the wire that has the least plastic coating remaining on it.Is the suspect wire that got the hottest. Any pictures of what areas melted down.As mentioned this will lead you to the cause of the meltdown
1969 R4 Daytona XX29L9B410772
1970 EV2 Superbird RM23UOA174597
1970 FY1 Superbird RM23UOA166242
1970 EV2 Superbird RM23VOA179697
1968 426 Road Runner RM21J8A134509
1970 Coronet RT WS23UOA224126
1970 Daytona Clone XP29GOG178701

b5blue

Unplug it and run one out of the column, hanging to the side. Test run after finding out why a fuse isn't blowing like it should. I did have a flasher ground out it's prongs on the dash frame briefly, check that they are not intermittently finding a ground by floating around back there.  :scratchchin:

TylerCharger69