Fatdaddy

Is the radio on a 62 supposed to be wired hot all the time?

Frankie the Fink

No.

Fatdaddy

Ok thanks. I’ll have to see how they have it wired.

65GGvert

It's fused at the fuse box AND switched by the ignition.

Frankie the Fink

There is some reasoning for this, if the radio had full time power and it was left on at low volume with the key removed, the old vacuum tube radio would kill the battery after a time... If your ohmmeter (car battery disconnected) doesn't give you continuity from the radio power lead to the fuse box (yellow line in pic) with the fuse removed for testing, somebody has boogered up the wiring..

Fatdaddy

Yeah that’s the fun of it,trying to find all the electrical screw ups in a 60 year old car can definitely be challenging. Thanks for your post

Frankie the Fink

You should strongly consider the Dr Rebuild OSOEZ color laminated pictorial schematics - around $24 and have pictures of all the connectors in color and tested on real cars. The original GM schematics had wiring errors..

Fatdaddy

Yes I have one coming as we speak. It will definitely mak life easier.

Nick Bernier

Bummer. He doesn't have one for '57s.
Nick

Fatdaddy

Ok so I got to looking and the pink wires on the ignition switch were mounted on the wrong post everything is good to go no. Thanks for all the input

Frankie the Fink

Sometimes you get off easy when problems arise!

Fatdaddy

Yeah man everybody deserves a break now and then. LOL