1968 Ford Ranchero Starting & Ignition Wiring Diagram - Hot Wire Bypass Path

This document is a scanned factory-style Ford engine electrical wiring diagram covering the power source, charging, and starting/ignition circuits. It illustrates the battery (labeled POWER SOURCE), the cable from the battery to the starting motor relay, the battery-to-ground cable, the voltage regulator, the starting motor relay, the cable from the relay to the starting motor, the alternator (with B and F terminals shown), the distributor (marked ROTATION), the ignition coil, four spark plugs (#1–#4), and a water temperature sender. Harness assembly numbers 14398 ASSY. and 14305 ASSY. are called out, along with circuit/wire numbers 37, 32, 262, 904, 152, 152A, 38, 35, 4, and 26. The uploader has added red annotations: callout letters A (battery positive terminal), C and D (starting motor relay terminals), E (relay output to starter cable), and B (ignition coil terminal), plus a bold red line tracing a 'hot wire' path from the battery positive terminal directly to the ignition coil — apparently documenting a hot-wire bypass or diagnostic path. The diagram lets a reader identify starting/charging circuit routing, component locations, terminal identification, and circuit numbers for this Ford engine compartment harness.