Ground issue?

[Flightmate]

Hey everybody- new member with an electrical question on my 69 FHC. While driving last week, I was intermittantly loosing power to my tach. After a closer look, I noticed that my fuel gauge was also going to zero every time the tach did. Eventually they both just stayed at zero and no longer worked at all. I checked everything else when I got home, and found I had also lost power to my horn and turn signals.

Some maybe helpful background. I recently replaced the oil pump and removed 2 ground wires. The first was the engine to engine mount strap on the left side. The other one is a ground the previous owner had running from a strap that is holding the ignition coil to the body of the car and going to the top bolt of the oil pump.

I have tried removing, cleaning, and replacing those 2 grounds a couple of times since I had never had any of these issues before replacing the oil pump.

I would appreciate any ideas as electrical issues are not my strongest area of knowledge. Thanks!

[jimj]

Probably the wipers too, they`re all on the same fuse which probably is loose or has dirty contacts. It should be the bottom one of the 2.
Jim

[Flightmate]

One of the ends of the fuse had come loose so it still looked good, but when I wiggled it the end just came off. Problem solved. Thank You!

[billwill]

Those glass fuses are prone to doing that.

I've had the situation where on taking the fuse out and testing with a meter it was fine, put it back & it didn't work ...

I now carry spare fuses in the otherwise unused ashtray.