8N_John
Silver Member
Attached is a group of pics that shows the wiring in my 1952 8N (12V conversion). Every couple days, the battery will go dead. The battery has been replaced...that's not the problem. I fried the wiring a couple weeks ago when I pinched a wire in the oil filter cap....a lot of the wiring burned up. I replaced the wiring, diode, and ignition. I'm thinking the problem now could be:
-Bad ammeter (maybe it got fried?)
-Wiring is not correct
-Bad battery cables...I'm getting new ones now
-Diode problems
Does anyone know why this may be happening? Another note- when I hooked up the new battery, the (-) terminal sparked as I was putting the cable on it- someone mentioned that this could mean there is a current running through the system even though the ignition wasn't turned on?
-Bad ammeter (maybe it got fried?)
-Wiring is not correct
-Bad battery cables...I'm getting new ones now
-Diode problems
Does anyone know why this may be happening? Another note- when I hooked up the new battery, the (-) terminal sparked as I was putting the cable on it- someone mentioned that this could mean there is a current running through the system even though the ignition wasn't turned on?