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**VetteVet** · 02-12-2020, 01:51 PM

Your truck is quite a bit different than the 67/72 models. It didn't come from the factory with a fusible link, and I believe the amp meter had all the current running through it so you are going to be pulling all the current into the cab which might account for the burnt wire. I also think it came with a generator and I don't remember a 10 gauge wire anywhere in the harness. Some more details might be helpful. Like what mods have been done and how is the alternator wired. Do you have an external voltage regulator or is it inside the alternator?

Ray McElvoy Is the expert on the older years so maybe he will chime in and help us out.

02-12-2020, 01:51 PM	#2
VetteVet Msgt USAF Ret Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 8,705	Re: Burnt alternator wire-useable link Your truck is quite a bit different than the 67/72 models. It didn't come from the factory with a fusible link, and I believe the amp meter had all the current running through it so you are going to be pulling all the current into the cab which might account for the burnt wire. I also think it came with a generator and I don't remember a 10 gauge wire anywhere in the harness. Some more details might be helpful. Like what mods have been done and how is the alternator wired. Do you have an external voltage regulator or is it inside the alternator? Ray McElvoy Is the expert on the older years so maybe he will chime in and help us out. __________________ VetteVet metallic green 67 stepside 74 corvette convertible 1965 Harley sportster 1995 Harley wide glide Growing old is hell, but it beats the alternative.