jerman

After prayer, banging my head and nearly going "berserk" I finally just started pulling wires until the problem was solved. So it all stopped when I pulled a small 3 prong connector. The car has never had a stereo in it since I've had it nor any antenna so I think it is the plug to power the stereo and the plug to power the electric antenna were connected together. Well the best I can tell from the FSM. I do know that the problem is solved... HALLELUJAH!

you may be on to something... the car doesn't have a voltage regulator, the alternator has been upgraded to internal regulator and has had the E12-80 electronic ign module upgrade. I bet the "idiot" that did that probably screwed up the circuit in the process. I have a harness (24034-N330) that does have a relay (25230-89915) on it but I can't find any wiring diagram that shows this connection. Do you think the same relay was used on the later 260?

Yeah, the car wasnt running when I bought it. I had to put new carbs on it to get running. It's been that way every since. Already done the "berserk" thing many times.

73 240 auto... the problem is with the car off I can turn the light switch on and the fuel pump turns on. The other issue is all lights not switched (gauges, side marker, fog, tail etc) come on without turning them on. The headlights work properly with the switch. So basically I have to run with all acc lights on when car is running. Has anyone ever heard of something like this? I've searched for shorts/grounds etc etc can't find any obvious wiring miscues. Just hoping that someone has experienced this issue and knows the fix. Thanks