Electrical
Anything about the electrical system on a Zcar.
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Looking for a terminal block. I checked everywhere and nobody seems to carry one. Anyone have an idea of where to buy one. Thanks
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Ok, I've done a bunch of searching with no results on exactly what i'm trying to do. I want to run my new fuel pump off the battery and to an interoir switch. I have plenty of 10 gauge and 12 gauge wire, a few 30 amp inline fuse boxes, 30 amp fuses, a 40 amp 4 peg relay, several led 30 amp switches, and 1 new low pressure fuel pump. Do I need anything else? I just need to know the order of the wiring. Do I just go from the battery, to the fuse, then relay, switch, then out to fuel pump? I figure, if it's on a switch, then I could cut it from power at any time in the case of an emergency.
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Hey everybody, I was wondering if there's a noticeable difference in performance between the electronic ignition of the early '74 260Z, and the E12-80 of the later model Z's. But I guess my real question is: would it be worth it to get a ZX distributor with the E12-80 for my early '74?
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Okay, i'm being lazy here, i haven't searches that much and i'm in need of a answer form the electrical brains. First a short summary When i got my car ready for approval, there was no head light on it, it came down to a loose wire at the combo swich, i soldered the wire back on and all lights worked. After my car came back from a trip to the painter, there is not any lights on when the light swich is at position #1 when i turn to position #2 the head lights come on but nothing else. I found a red/blue wire un insulated hitting the stearing columm, being the cover isn't on at this moment i guess the painter or i must have hit it with a knee, i have checked the fuses and a…
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Hi, I've got my dash off and have fixed my crack. Before I put it back in, I'd like to install this keyless entry, car alarm system I bought. It has a relay for a starter disconnect. I've been hunting through posts for ideas on how to wire this thing up without hacking my wiring harness up too much. The car is a 1973. All I need to do is place the relay inline with either the starter solenoid, or the coil wire. I believe it would be easier to install by breaking into either the BW or GW wire on the tach. Since the dash is out, I have easy access to install this little relay close to the tach for a nice clean installation. I also think that cutting power to the c…
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i have a 71' 240z the fuse that controls the dashlights and the side marker light is over heating, as in not breaking the fuse but melting my fuse block instead. we have checked everywhere the only thing we can find is that the dashlight are getting a little juice not enough to turn them on but just a little when the switch is off. has anyone else ran into this problem or if they havent got any suggestions plz help
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Is there a definitive guide, anywhere, on how to rebuild/clean the T/S Hi/Lo-beam switch? My highbeams have never worked (lights would just go off), but now the lights (regular beams) have decided to click off just about every time I signal. If I wiggle the stock, or click on/off repeated, quickly, I can get the lights to come back ... OR if I bang on the bottom of the steering column. So I can only assume there's a connection (or surface) somewhere along the line that's gone bad ... question is, how do I go about taking this stuff apart so I can try to clean it up? I'm just worried it's a matter of time before I get a ticket for this ...
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replaced the fusebox in my '73 with the MSA upgraded one. There was the infamous extra wire plugged in to the back of my old fusebox on the lower left hand side. (Pic attached). This wire was run through the middle back of the fusebox and screwed onto the back of it. (Pic attached) Any ideas what this wire was for? Do I need to put the old fusebox back in? Is there a workaround for whatever this was for?
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Hey guys, I know this has been covered on this forum, but I can't seem to find anything concrete. I have a 260Z with electronic ignition and an MSD Blaster 2 coil. I want to bypass the ballast resistor, and it looks like all I would have to do is take the positive wire off of the ballast and put it on the + side of the coil, and then just remove the - wire going from the ballast to the coil (there's two wires going to the - side of the coil now). Is that right, or am I over-simplifying?
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Is there a major difference between the wiring harness of early 240Z's versus say a later Carburated model??? I happen to have a spare wiring harness that is newer than the one in my '70 240Z but I have no clue if I'll be able to use it with this car or not. The spare is out of a '73 I believe. Thanks for your replies- Nate
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Brought engine up to temperature, and shut it off. Turned ignition back to the 'on' position (running position) and observed the needles for temperature and fuel pulsating up and down in time for each other (without engine running). I can't hear any relays clicking on this, but can't figure out why they'd be pulsating off battery voltage without the engine running (or why the oil pressure gauge would be reading anything without the engine running). They do appear to have the incorrect oil gauge wired in (two-wire gauge) on the oil pressure sensor. In addition, the fuel level gauge turns on, then after about 5 seconds I hear a relay click on the passenger side of the car,…
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Hi everyone. Im new here. I have a MSD and its used so I dont know how to hook it up. I have a 240z with 280z engine with the e12-80 distributor I understand the orange and black to coil and the thick wires to battery but what are the white, red,purple and green for? Do I need it and if so where does it go. Thanks everyone for any help I can get.
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