My experience with that kind of thing occurred on a freeway in California.
Driving along when all of a sudden there was this "POP" and smoke started
billowing out. So I pull over along the freeway, and as I pop open my door to
jump out, a semi-truck drives by and the draft from it was so strong that it
pulled the door out of my hands. Since my door stopper had long since broken
off, the door whipped forward and hyper-extended itself, putting a wonderful,
huge dent in the door. Oh, happy day! Just @#$%ing wonderful!
What had happened with mine was that the main white wire that connects to the
alternator had grounded against the body of the alternator (the insulator was
broken or had gone missing), which made my rather expensive amp gauge turn into
a fuse. I suspect something like that has happened: Your wire has grounded
out somewhere. That was why Dan at Rallye suggested in his catalog that you
wire in a 30 amp or bigger fuse or a fusible link into that system. After
that, I did (fuse), and have not had any problems since. Sorry to hear your
Roadstering is temporarily interrupted. If you're not too concerned about
keeping all the gauges stock, an alternative is to use one out of a Z car.
Probably more available... maybe you can change
the face? Good luck
Greg Burrows
67 2000
Ryan Bird wrote:
> Hey guys and gals. I had a not-so-fun morning today. The weather in Tempe
>is gorgeous, mid to upper 70's, not a cloud in the sky. A nice day to get a
>hair cut and go out in the Roadster to do so. Well, a few miles from my home,
>when taking a corner, the engine died. The whole electrical system seemed to
>go out on me. I was able to roll into a parking lot. As I pulled to a stop,
>smoke came billowing out from under the right hand side of the dash. I wanted
>to quickly see where this as coming from, but, I could not open my hood! The
>hood opens up all the time when I don't want it to, but this morning, it would
>not budge. Anyway, I called AAA, and 30 minutes later I was home. (First
>time I've used them, I was impressed.)
>
> I was able to get my hood open, but found no signs of problems in the engine
>compartment. Upon further inspection, my Ammeter has been blown out. The
>gauge is foggy with what looks like dark water condensation on it. I'll
>continue to look into the wiring, but while I'm doing that, anybody got a
>spare early 1600 ammeter? Any other advice would be appreciated as well.
>
> Ryan Bird
> 67 1600
> Tempe, AZ
>
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