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Old 11-11-2019, 01:10 PM   #20
35fordtn
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Default Re: 1934 Missing -Covering My Bases

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Originally Posted by Karl View Post
Thanks Guys I think I nailed it this afternoon -I discovered a loose connection on one of the wires into the ammeter (In fact into The Chex Oil Pressure /Ammeter gauge - originally my car had the one wire ammeter) I fiddled with it and then there was no power at all to the car a further fiddle and power back again. I have now tightened things up and have power. May well have been the problem as things heated up the loose connection became intermittently no connection -Time will tell -Karl
Karl good job diagnosing it! I had a 34 I did a mechanical restoration on similar to yours. One day it wouldn’t start. The brass buss bar in the oil Chex gauge had burnt up.
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