65 Falcon WIRING DIAGRAM ERROR

65 fALCON WIRING DIAGRAM ERROR!! _Have recently discovered an error in the wiring diagram for 65 Falcon. I traced out the error on my 65 Ranchero and assume it will apply to all models of 65 Falcon and probably Comet as well.

_The diagrams I have looked at have Blk-Grn wire connecting from the 'Charge Indicator Lamp' to the Rd-Grn wire coming from the Ign sw from the 'C' term.

_This is in fact WRONG!!

_This same Blk-Grn wire connects from the 'Charge Indicator Lamp' but instead connects to the Blk-Grn wire coming from the 'A' term. This wire goes on to connect to: _1. Input to the CVR for the gauges. _2. Connects to the Orn-Wht wire which feeds 12 v to the wiper sw. _3. This Blk-Grn goes on to connect to the top fuse in the fuse holder 'ACC' term. _4. This Blk-Grn goes on to be the 12 v power feed for the back-up sw. Should be a 2 pin connector available coming out of the main wiring harness to plug the 'back-up light harness' into. Not sure if this connector exists on all Falcons. If not it can easily added.

_Ford made this change with the change to an alternator from generator. They also added a 'resistor wire' from 'A' on the ign sw that connects to the Yel-Blk wire coming from the other side of the 'Charge Indicator Lamp' which connects to the firewall plug. This lead goes through the plug and connects to the 'I' term on the alt. regulator. The added wire is either Blk or Grn-Rd (Blk on mine) and connects to the Yel- Blk 'at' the firewall plug.

_This wire is a 15 ohm shunt which is in effect shunting across the Charge lamp. It's purpose is to insure a connection from the Ign sw to the 'I' term in case the lamp burns out. This wire doesn't exist on earlier generator cars.

_The reason for the change in connection to the where the Charge Indicator lamp is to prevent a backfeed to the Ign coil when the key is in the Acc position. Which could cause the coil to draw current and in affect be on and increasing the battery drain. It's might also cause a hazardous condition in that it would only take a bump and your engine could fire up unexpectedly.

_One negative aspect of the change is if you were to sit with the ign sw in the 'Acc' position the coil could posibly be hot drawing current. Also if the points were to be closed burning the points. Probably a good thing to not sit with the key in the Acc pos to listen to the radio or anything else. If you have a solid state ign i.e. Pertronix or similar then point burning is a moot point (no pun intended).

_I can't make any changes to the wiring diagram on the forum. Maybe Dave can create a link to this info. Am posting pics of the before and after changes.

_Hope this will help any confusion to anyone running into this bug because if the mistake in the diagram.