[DeTomaso] Ammeter, was Re: Key difficult to turn

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/14/12 10 05 30, guido_detomaso at prodigy.net writes:


> But I started the engine, the needle waves almost to the peg on the plus 
> side, I
> turn on the headlights, it waves over nearly to the peg on the minus 
> side. 
> Which is fine, but the terminals are getting hot.  Too hot to touch.  No 
> idea if
> the heat is coming from the crimps, the connections, from inside the unit.
> 

>>>This all started because you removed the factory, external shunt.   Why 
not just reinstall it?   It's there for a reason.

It's possible that early ammeters had the shunt internal to the case, but 
the later units definitely came from the factory wiith an external shunt, and 
your car is a '74.   It sounds to me like you just made trouble for 
yourself?

Mike