I saw a wisp of smoke so I pulled over. Turned car off and looked for possible cause of smoke. The red and black wires on the back of the DC amp meter were very warm. Started car up and monitored wires and sure enough they began to heat up......traced them out with no obvious cause?

 

its either shorted out some where or wires are broke inside the jacket causing resistance and heating the wire, maybe the guage is faulty.

 

I know on 69 Darts the amp wires get hot and melt and can cause an electrical fire. Have to replace them usually.

Happened when we bought a 69 swinger and i drove it home... almost burned it down cause of that.

 

Read this article. It should help you. https://www.allpar.com/history/mopar/electrical.html

 

That was a great read! Thanks, Rick

 

Scotty - Very nice tech article. I'm going to post it up in the resources section if you don't mind.

 

That was a great article., I had the amp gauge go bad on me in a 78 ramcharger. ive posted an article to coincide with this one, " fuel fires"

 

Another good article on this. Scroll down toBypassing and Eliminating and see the article.http://www.madelectrical.com/electrical-tech.shtml

 

OUTSTANDING article!!! I know what i'll be doing this weekend! Much appreciated!