My mechanic and I are finally finishing putting in a rebuilt 350 into my 75 Camaro that had a straight six engine. Everything is connected, but my guy says that when he connects the battery, the fuses for the dash panel blow out. The car had some grounding problems before, and my dash gauges lights have actually not been working, but there were no current electrical problems before the swap. The new engine has an HEI electronic distributor, and the old had the old stock setup.
I can give you a quick answer if you need to know more.....
THANK YOU!!
Need help!

 

Whatever went wrong may be a coincidence, or possibly a result of a pinched wire during the engine install. I'd start by leavinf the fuse out, and then begin disconnecting various items connected to that fuse. First pull the connector that plugs into the gauge panel. After disconnecting the plug reconnect the fuse and see if the short is clear, and the fuse holds. If it does, then you've narrowed it down to the cluster. If it still blows then it's before the gauge panel in either the steering column, or the harness leading to it.
You'll need to keep isolating portions of the harness until you can put a fuse in and it holds. Once you've figured out which part blows the fuse you can then dig into either the gauge panel, steering column, or harness.

 

Thank you for the response.
I will try it out, and re-post...

 

thanks for the help- it was a wire that was not fully connected.

 

Great! Glad you found it! And thanks for letting us know the results!