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No. The insulation is evenly burned off from the alternator terminal to the wire (spliced into the harness) coming off the battery pos. post. The bulkhead connector is not burned nor is the wiring to the ammeter under the dash. It's just very odd. The plastic on the alt batt. connection that keeps the post from grounding out on the housing is missing. It looks like this might have caused the path to ground but it could have melted away due to the heat.





You can then pull a new wire from the alternator stud but I would terminate it on the starter relay with a loop connector instead of the splicing into the battery cable. Use a 8ga or better wire with a 16ga fusible link. You could go with a fuse but fusible links are better on charging circuits as they will "blow" much slower than a standard fuse if there is a consistent (as opposed to momentary spike) problem i.e. short to ground. This mod is commonly known here as the 'MAD electrical upgrade'.



This is what I did...8ga from the alt output with a 6" piece of 14ga fusible link goes to the pos. stud on the starter relay...been like this for years,coupled w/relays for the headlights takes a big load off the bulkhead.These are easy and inexpensive mods any driver Mopar should get

P.S. I use a dual field 60(?)amp alt from a mid 80's Diplomat...make sure the original alt output wire in the harness is disconnected from the alt.