I've un-mothballed a `71 Roadster about two months ago from a 12-year sleep... and after getting (most) things straightened out, have had little trouble.
This evening as I was idling (luckily in front of an auto parts store), the red light went momentarily dim, and then everything went dead electrically. At the time I was running with all lights on -- including halogen replacement headlight which was operating just fine.
Naturally it was a blown fuse (30A 32V / Normal Blow 311 3AG type), so diagnosis was simple. So was getting another fuse in the auto parts store which (because I couldn't read the blown fuse specs) I replaced w/ a 20A which I had remembered from some articles back as being suitable as "normal."
Made it home the 3 miles w/o incident and checked all lights/ignition switch cycling, etc, etc when in the garage. No problem.
Other than going through all the wiring entrance/exits to the headlight unit (which I understand is a favorite haunt for insulation breaking/cracking/rubbing), are there other "Classic" failure points in a harness this old that I should go after as a priority?
(I was going out with the troops for Rolling Thunder this weekend, but only if I can convince myself that I won't have to carry a double handful of fuses....or worse.)
Thanks in advance….
This evening as I was idling (luckily in front of an auto parts store), the red light went momentarily dim, and then everything went dead electrically. At the time I was running with all lights on -- including halogen replacement headlight which was operating just fine.
Naturally it was a blown fuse (30A 32V / Normal Blow 311 3AG type), so diagnosis was simple. So was getting another fuse in the auto parts store which (because I couldn't read the blown fuse specs) I replaced w/ a 20A which I had remembered from some articles back as being suitable as "normal."
Made it home the 3 miles w/o incident and checked all lights/ignition switch cycling, etc, etc when in the garage. No problem.
Other than going through all the wiring entrance/exits to the headlight unit (which I understand is a favorite haunt for insulation breaking/cracking/rubbing), are there other "Classic" failure points in a harness this old that I should go after as a priority?
(I was going out with the troops for Rolling Thunder this weekend, but only if I can convince myself that I won't have to carry a double handful of fuses....or worse.)
Thanks in advance….