Originally Posted by krautrock
can you cut the broken part out, and use a solder butt connector like such, but you prob need 10g.
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/pco-4000kt

your alt is bypassed now so that the current doesn't run through your ammeter? it prob got burned up from charging a really low battery off the alt...

Never seen one of those connecters. Interesting. Yes alternator has been bypassed for quite awhile. I connected both wires from amp gauge with brass bolt and wrapped in electrical tape. It still looks good after a year or more; no melting. Thanks all.


Facts are stubborn things.