Postitive battery cable 1972 455
#1
Postitive battery cable 1972 455
Does the positve battery cable at the solenoid connection have a duel wire coming off this connector? One would be going to the horn
relay and the other to the positve side of the battery. This would be a one piece cable insted of two seperate wires. I have a power draw which I have not been able to pin down. Battery over night becomes dead. Went thourgh the Fuse checks and nothing seems to be wrong there. I am stuck at the Starter which is brand new as well as the solenoid. The voltage regualtor keeps chirping when I put either the pos or neg wire to the battery. Horn realys the same. If I diconnect the pos from the solenoid off the horn relay every thing seems fine. Bad wire with to much draw?
thanks
Tim
relay and the other to the positve side of the battery. This would be a one piece cable insted of two seperate wires. I have a power draw which I have not been able to pin down. Battery over night becomes dead. Went thourgh the Fuse checks and nothing seems to be wrong there. I am stuck at the Starter which is brand new as well as the solenoid. The voltage regualtor keeps chirping when I put either the pos or neg wire to the battery. Horn realys the same. If I diconnect the pos from the solenoid off the horn relay every thing seems fine. Bad wire with to much draw?
thanks
Tim
#2
Well my 70 was a wire coming off the positive cable at the battery that goes to the horn relay, not up from the solenoid.
I don't know what to tell you about the regulator as I have a 442 and thus is internally regulated.
I don't know what to tell you about the regulator as I have a 442 and thus is internally regulated.
#3
72 CSM wiring diagram shows cable from battery (+) to starter solenoid, then one 10 gage red wire from solenoid to the horn relay/junction block on the firewall.
Then an 18 gage red from JB to regulator, and a 10 gage red from JB to alternator post.
And a 10 gage red incorporating a fusible link from JB to the main splice feeding the ignition switch, unswitched fuse buss and main light switch.
The A-body battery cable routing illustration corroborates one feed wire from solenoid post to JB. Now whether or not the JB feed wire is actually made into the (+) cable lug at the starter end, I don't know. It's been years since I looked close at one.
Then an 18 gage red from JB to regulator, and a 10 gage red from JB to alternator post.
And a 10 gage red incorporating a fusible link from JB to the main splice feeding the ignition switch, unswitched fuse buss and main light switch.
The A-body battery cable routing illustration corroborates one feed wire from solenoid post to JB. Now whether or not the JB feed wire is actually made into the (+) cable lug at the starter end, I don't know. It's been years since I looked close at one.
#4
I checked with Fusik and they had a postive cable corect for a 1972. It has the double wire, one going from the solenoid to the battery and a lead from the solenoid to the junction box. This cable end is pre-bent at 90 degrees in order to allow more clearance between dipstick ,exhaust manifold or headers. The wire is $45 but well worth it.
Tim
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