that would be FANTASTIC to have

Thanks again!

If running a 10/12si just need a jumper wire from bat to#2 on alt, this will give it voltage to start charging. Old thread
canadianponcho.activeboard.com/t61316872/alternator-issues/

What I find useful with those diagrams is to print them and tape them together where the pages should join to make one large diagram. Then use a yellow highlighter to trace out the connection you are trying to follow. Then save in your toolbox/paper files for the car. Very easy to use when leaning over a fender.

Do you have a scan of the 65 engine harness Carl?

And in looking for an alt idiot light for the 65, I realize that there isn't one. Just the ammeter. Is that right?

And Mark, here is a good read on the benefits of setting the sensing wire up to "Remote Sense" the load and trigger the alt accordingly.

http://www.madelectrical.com/electricaltech/remotevoltagesensing.shtml

. . When I first got my '66 convertible I found the previous owner had fried the main wire to the amp gauge. . He then butchered the harness adding aftermarket gauges and wired the ignition switch outside what was left of the burnt harness. . I first bought a Catalina harness only to find it was nothing like the Parisienne. . I did manage to locate a '65 Parisienne harness only to find it wasn't the same as the '66. . I finally found a '66 Parisienne harness but it wasn't for a convertible or console shift. . Was starting to go crazy. .

. . Think it was Carl who sent me the wiring diagram and after two weeks of carefully removing wires from the firewall plug and ignition switch plug and a few others I was able to build a harness that took care of everything except the neutral safety on the console. . Hardest part was finding the correct temp sending unit for the idiot lite. . But I got it and has been running fine since. .

. . Good luck with yours and remember it's a fun learning experience. .

I can try to check later. I was away all day yesterday until late evening so never had a chance to check.

Would the 66 be the same? I will attach it anyway.

Luppy

thanks guys! i'll be at the shop tonight and will check things out...off the top of my head, the diagram for the '66 sure looks close

so it looks like the diagram for the 66 is the same as my 65...........reason I couldn't find the brown wire under the hood is because someone had replaced the ENTIRE wire with a white wire....lol....yeah

Thanks again for all the help. These will all come in super handy!

Here's what I've done with the charging system/electrical so far:

-replaced all the grounds and added a couple new ones with 6 gauge and crimped connectors
-replaced all the power wires with heavier wiring with proper connectors
-put a power distribution block in rather than using the horn buss
-new 100 amp 12si (internally regulated) alternator using the remote sensing feature at the distribution block so it will actually detect draw/demand on the system
-headlight relays
-new modern relay for the horn
-ford starter solenoid so that the main wire going to the starter isn't live all the time....I never was a fan of that
-new wiring in the ignition system as well (including restistor wire)

Shouldn't ever have any reliability issues!!! I'll post some pics later

-- Edited by hutch400 on Thursday 23rd of November 2017 09:15:24 AM

-- Edited by hutch400 on Thursday 23rd of November 2017 09:16:32 AM

haven't put them in yet but I do have them......I would assume right at the alternator so that the output wire would be "dead" should it blow? same for the battery...right at the battery?

Hutch400, what ignition are you running, stock points?