I've noticed that in my manual for my 83 CJ, the volt gauge has a huge
yellow wire,..which I have. It's larger than any other hot wires going to
any gauges. But my volt gauge is practically pegged. It does tend to move
with the RPMs. Can't figure out if it's my guage or not, or do I have too
much juice going to the thing.
Allen

 

You sure you're not thinking of the ammeter? That particular meter normally
has a pretty heavy wire going to it but the volt meter can get by with a
skinny wire.

Jerry
--
Jerry Bransford
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KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
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<ABanks5@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message
news:fIBrb.6885$zc1.5087@fe3.columbus.rr.com...
> I've noticed that in my manual for my 83 CJ, the volt gauge has a huge
> yellow wire,..which I have. It's larger than any other hot wires going to
> any gauges. But my volt gauge is practically pegged. It does tend to move
> with the RPMs. Can't figure out if it's my guage or not, or do I have too
> much juice going to the thing.
> Allen
>
>

 

You sure you're not thinking of the ammeter? That particular meter normally
has a pretty heavy wire going to it but the volt meter can get by with a
skinny wire.

Jerry
--
Jerry Bransford
To email, remove 'me' from my email address
KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/

<ABanks5@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message
news:fIBrb.6885$zc1.5087@fe3.columbus.rr.com...
> I've noticed that in my manual for my 83 CJ, the volt gauge has a huge
> yellow wire,..which I have. It's larger than any other hot wires going to
> any gauges. But my volt gauge is practically pegged. It does tend to move
> with the RPMs. Can't figure out if it's my guage or not, or do I have too
> much juice going to the thing.
> Allen
>
>

 

You sure you're not thinking of the ammeter? That particular meter normally
has a pretty heavy wire going to it but the volt meter can get by with a
skinny wire.

Jerry
--
Jerry Bransford
To email, remove 'me' from my email address
KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/

<ABanks5@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message
news:fIBrb.6885$zc1.5087@fe3.columbus.rr.com...
> I've noticed that in my manual for my 83 CJ, the volt gauge has a huge
> yellow wire,..which I have. It's larger than any other hot wires going to
> any gauges. But my volt gauge is practically pegged. It does tend to move
> with the RPMs. Can't figure out if it's my guage or not, or do I have too
> much juice going to the thing.
> Allen
>
>

 

I only know of one guage that measures electricity in anyway on a CJ and
that's the voltage meter. Sits next to the oil pressure gauge. But it
usually sits close to 16 all the time. Can't figure where else that yellow
wire goes, according to the scematic drawing, it's yellow. Speaking of the
oil pressure guage, it acts funny too. Sits at 20 psi for the most part,
when the revs get low, it drops all of a sudden from 20 to zero,..I mean
buried like it's getting no juice at all. A tap of the gas and it jumps
abruptly back to 20. Funny too,...only on the highway does the valves
clatter. Wonder if my pump is bad.
Thanks Jerry!
Allen


"Jerry Bransford" <jerrypb@mecox.net> wrote in message
news:FPBrb.23789$PD2.13182@fed1read05...
> You sure you're not thinking of the ammeter? That particular meter
normally
> has a pretty heavy wire going to it but the volt meter can get by with a
> skinny wire.
>
> Jerry
> --
> Jerry Bransford
> To email, remove 'me' from my email address
> KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
> See the Geezer Jeep at
> http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
>
> <ABanks5@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:fIBrb.6885$zc1.5087@fe3.columbus.rr.com...
> > I've noticed that in my manual for my 83 CJ, the volt gauge has a huge
> > yellow wire,..which I have. It's larger than any other hot wires going
to
> > any gauges. But my volt gauge is practically pegged. It does tend to
move
> > with the RPMs. Can't figure out if it's my guage or not, or do I have
too
> > much juice going to the thing.
> > Allen
> >
> >
>
>

 

I only know of one guage that measures electricity in anyway on a CJ and
that's the voltage meter. Sits next to the oil pressure gauge. But it
usually sits close to 16 all the time. Can't figure where else that yellow
wire goes, according to the scematic drawing, it's yellow. Speaking of the
oil pressure guage, it acts funny too. Sits at 20 psi for the most part,
when the revs get low, it drops all of a sudden from 20 to zero,..I mean
buried like it's getting no juice at all. A tap of the gas and it jumps
abruptly back to 20. Funny too,...only on the highway does the valves
clatter. Wonder if my pump is bad.
Thanks Jerry!
Allen


"Jerry Bransford" <jerrypb@mecox.net> wrote in message
news:FPBrb.23789$PD2.13182@fed1read05...
> You sure you're not thinking of the ammeter? That particular meter
normally
> has a pretty heavy wire going to it but the volt meter can get by with a
> skinny wire.
>
> Jerry
> --
> Jerry Bransford
> To email, remove 'me' from my email address
> KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
> See the Geezer Jeep at
> http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
>
> <ABanks5@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:fIBrb.6885$zc1.5087@fe3.columbus.rr.com...
> > I've noticed that in my manual for my 83 CJ, the volt gauge has a huge
> > yellow wire,..which I have. It's larger than any other hot wires going
to
> > any gauges. But my volt gauge is practically pegged. It does tend to
move
> > with the RPMs. Can't figure out if it's my guage or not, or do I have
too
> > much juice going to the thing.
> > Allen
> >
> >
>
>

 

I only know of one guage that measures electricity in anyway on a CJ and
that's the voltage meter. Sits next to the oil pressure gauge. But it
usually sits close to 16 all the time. Can't figure where else that yellow
wire goes, according to the scematic drawing, it's yellow. Speaking of the
oil pressure guage, it acts funny too. Sits at 20 psi for the most part,
when the revs get low, it drops all of a sudden from 20 to zero,..I mean
buried like it's getting no juice at all. A tap of the gas and it jumps
abruptly back to 20. Funny too,...only on the highway does the valves
clatter. Wonder if my pump is bad.
Thanks Jerry!
Allen


"Jerry Bransford" <jerrypb@mecox.net> wrote in message
news:FPBrb.23789$PD2.13182@fed1read05...
> You sure you're not thinking of the ammeter? That particular meter
normally
> has a pretty heavy wire going to it but the volt meter can get by with a
> skinny wire.
>
> Jerry
> --
> Jerry Bransford
> To email, remove 'me' from my email address
> KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
> See the Geezer Jeep at
> http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
>
> <ABanks5@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:fIBrb.6885$zc1.5087@fe3.columbus.rr.com...
> > I've noticed that in my manual for my 83 CJ, the volt gauge has a huge
> > yellow wire,..which I have. It's larger than any other hot wires going
to
> > any gauges. But my volt gauge is practically pegged. It does tend to
move
> > with the RPMs. Can't figure out if it's my guage or not, or do I have
too
> > much juice going to the thing.
> > Allen
> >
> >
>
>

 

<ABanks5@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message
news:BhCrb.4522$6Q2.3796@fe1.columbus.rr.com...
> I only know of one guage that measures electricity in anyway on a CJ and
> that's the voltage meter.

I rewired a friend's '73 CJ from scratch including a total rewire of his
instrument cluster and it had an ammeter, not a voltmeter. We ended up
swapping the ammeter for a voltmeter since the generator had been taken out
and an alternator replaced it. It really depends on if the CJ originally
came with a generator which comes with an ammeter and not a voltmeter, or a
later CJ that came with an alternator which substituted the ammeter for a
voltmeter.

Jerry
--
Jerry Bransford
To email, remove 'me' from my email address
KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/

Sits next to the oil pressure gauge. But it
> usually sits close to 16 all the time. Can't figure where else that yellow
> wire goes, according to the scematic drawing, it's yellow. Speaking of the
> oil pressure guage, it acts funny too. Sits at 20 psi for the most part,
> when the revs get low, it drops all of a sudden from 20 to zero,..I mean
> buried like it's getting no juice at all. A tap of the gas and it jumps
> abruptly back to 20. Funny too,...only on the highway does the valves
> clatter. Wonder if my pump is bad.
> Thanks Jerry!
> Allen
>
>
> "Jerry Bransford" <jerrypb@mecox.net> wrote in message
> news:FPBrb.23789$PD2.13182@fed1read05...
> > You sure you're not thinking of the ammeter? That particular meter
> normally
> > has a pretty heavy wire going to it but the volt meter can get by with a
> > skinny wire.
> >
> > Jerry
> > --
> > Jerry Bransford
> > To email, remove 'me' from my email address
> > KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
> > See the Geezer Jeep at
> > http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
> >
> > <ABanks5@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message
> > news:fIBrb.6885$zc1.5087@fe3.columbus.rr.com...
> > > I've noticed that in my manual for my 83 CJ, the volt gauge has a huge
> > > yellow wire,..which I have. It's larger than any other hot wires going
> to
> > > any gauges. But my volt gauge is practically pegged. It does tend to
> move
> > > with the RPMs. Can't figure out if it's my guage or not, or do I have
> too
> > > much juice going to the thing.
> > > Allen
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

 

<ABanks5@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message
news:BhCrb.4522$6Q2.3796@fe1.columbus.rr.com...
> I only know of one guage that measures electricity in anyway on a CJ and
> that's the voltage meter.

I rewired a friend's '73 CJ from scratch including a total rewire of his
instrument cluster and it had an ammeter, not a voltmeter. We ended up
swapping the ammeter for a voltmeter since the generator had been taken out
and an alternator replaced it. It really depends on if the CJ originally
came with a generator which comes with an ammeter and not a voltmeter, or a
later CJ that came with an alternator which substituted the ammeter for a
voltmeter.

Jerry
--
Jerry Bransford
To email, remove 'me' from my email address
KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/

Sits next to the oil pressure gauge. But it
> usually sits close to 16 all the time. Can't figure where else that yellow
> wire goes, according to the scematic drawing, it's yellow. Speaking of the
> oil pressure guage, it acts funny too. Sits at 20 psi for the most part,
> when the revs get low, it drops all of a sudden from 20 to zero,..I mean
> buried like it's getting no juice at all. A tap of the gas and it jumps
> abruptly back to 20. Funny too,...only on the highway does the valves
> clatter. Wonder if my pump is bad.
> Thanks Jerry!
> Allen
>
>
> "Jerry Bransford" <jerrypb@mecox.net> wrote in message
> news:FPBrb.23789$PD2.13182@fed1read05...
> > You sure you're not thinking of the ammeter? That particular meter
> normally
> > has a pretty heavy wire going to it but the volt meter can get by with a
> > skinny wire.
> >
> > Jerry
> > --
> > Jerry Bransford
> > To email, remove 'me' from my email address
> > KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
> > See the Geezer Jeep at
> > http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
> >
> > <ABanks5@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message
> > news:fIBrb.6885$zc1.5087@fe3.columbus.rr.com...
> > > I've noticed that in my manual for my 83 CJ, the volt gauge has a huge
> > > yellow wire,..which I have. It's larger than any other hot wires going
> to
> > > any gauges. But my volt gauge is practically pegged. It does tend to
> move
> > > with the RPMs. Can't figure out if it's my guage or not, or do I have
> too
> > > much juice going to the thing.
> > > Allen
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

 

<ABanks5@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message
news:BhCrb.4522$6Q2.3796@fe1.columbus.rr.com...
> I only know of one guage that measures electricity in anyway on a CJ and
> that's the voltage meter.

I rewired a friend's '73 CJ from scratch including a total rewire of his
instrument cluster and it had an ammeter, not a voltmeter. We ended up
swapping the ammeter for a voltmeter since the generator had been taken out
and an alternator replaced it. It really depends on if the CJ originally
came with a generator which comes with an ammeter and not a voltmeter, or a
later CJ that came with an alternator which substituted the ammeter for a
voltmeter.

Jerry
--
Jerry Bransford
To email, remove 'me' from my email address
KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/

Sits next to the oil pressure gauge. But it
> usually sits close to 16 all the time. Can't figure where else that yellow
> wire goes, according to the scematic drawing, it's yellow. Speaking of the
> oil pressure guage, it acts funny too. Sits at 20 psi for the most part,
> when the revs get low, it drops all of a sudden from 20 to zero,..I mean
> buried like it's getting no juice at all. A tap of the gas and it jumps
> abruptly back to 20. Funny too,...only on the highway does the valves
> clatter. Wonder if my pump is bad.
> Thanks Jerry!
> Allen
>
>
> "Jerry Bransford" <jerrypb@mecox.net> wrote in message
> news:FPBrb.23789$PD2.13182@fed1read05...
> > You sure you're not thinking of the ammeter? That particular meter
> normally
> > has a pretty heavy wire going to it but the volt meter can get by with a
> > skinny wire.
> >
> > Jerry
> > --
> > Jerry Bransford
> > To email, remove 'me' from my email address
> > KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
> > See the Geezer Jeep at
> > http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
> >
> > <ABanks5@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message
> > news:fIBrb.6885$zc1.5087@fe3.columbus.rr.com...
> > > I've noticed that in my manual for my 83 CJ, the volt gauge has a huge
> > > yellow wire,..which I have. It's larger than any other hot wires going
> to
> > > any gauges. But my volt gauge is practically pegged. It does tend to
> move
> > > with the RPMs. Can't figure out if it's my guage or not, or do I have
> too
> > > much juice going to the thing.
> > > Allen
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>