Electrical
Anything about the electrical system on a Zcar.
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this i scool...any one seen one? http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=17572&size=big&cat=3224&page=3
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bolted to the alternator, and connected to the + cable is a small resistor thing. im wondering. does this need to be on the car? i took mine off, cause i recrimped the wire, and my car has been EATING napa alternators...ive tried boshc and raylock. ive been told only get a Nissan Oem one. ive switched to an internal one, so im running a ZX. my light fuse (parking) also gets hellishly hot, and my volt meter drops a lot when lights turned on (grounds all OK) so im going to replace the fuse box, cause i think thats the problem. but i want to find out what this resistor thing is. anybody have an FSM or something?
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I pulled my dash today in order to fix my radiator drain ****, and when I pulled the dash, 3 wires came unplugged from a relay before I could do anything about it. I have no idea what order the three wires plug into, or what the relay is, but I believe it to be the turn signal relay, because the turn signals no longer work, but the emergency flashers do. The relay is right next to the wire that goes to the plunger for the drivers side door. What is it? also, behind the heater control panel, there is a couple harnesses with ends on them, any idea where these wires attach to? I have no idea myself, and they weren't hooked up before, and I'm shitty at reading wiring dia…
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I own a '71 and I was trying to use parts from a '73. Is there a difference between '71 and '73 dashes? Anything different with the dash harness from a '73 that won't cooperate with the '71?
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My turn signals are not working. I have tested the switch on the column with a multimeter and the contacts seem to be working correctly (but the Haynes manual has the switch development wrong, no surprise). Anyways, I'm still not getting a signal. In the manual it calls out a white wire that connects to the Turn Signal Flash Switch. There is no white wire on either of the turn signal switches I have (scavenged one from a part car), but there is a red and yellow wire that is not shown in the manual. I'm open to suggestions. If you think you can help, please tell me what might need to be replaced and if/how I might be able to test it with a multimeter. Thanks, Zack P…
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Couldnt find too much on this here...so here goes: I cannot find this elusive item under my hood. I belive its behind/under teh metal shroud that my two fuseable links are bolted to, and behind teh black box thats bolted under teh fuseable links..... am i right?
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Just wondering if anyone out there has ever used teh current plugs in teh harness, and replaced all the wires by hand? Is this possible? or just pull your hair out crazy? Under my passenger side it looks like a nightmare. who ever had this car before me did like a million splices on the original setup. and half of the wires in there have plugs, but do nothing and go nowhere (GNDN)... opinions?
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Originally I had to manually park the wipers, but now I can't get them to shut off. Thinking it might be related to the infamous "slow wipers" problem, I pulled everything off the car and cleaned & re-lubed the arms to where they are working nicely. I didn't pull the motor apart, just cleaned the exterior up. Plugged the motor back in, and still won't shut off. Could it be the switch on the steering column? If so, any tips on what to look for? Thanks...Robert
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I figured i'd move this convo here: Question: i recently replaced my ALT and BATT. Measured voltage output from pos. term of ALT to NEG term off BATT: 11.36/38 this is bad right? it shoudl be about 14 or so, if im not mistaken. Also measured teh neg to pos term of bat: 12.87 this was with the car at idle after running it for about 3-5 minutes. but had to shut car off to opne hatch, than restarted the car. does this make a differeance? since this is a brand new alternator what is the issue? -Bad Ground? -Bad Positive connection? -is it possible i somehow polorized the alternator with all those wires floating around. (i did connect/install it with no battery in the c…
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Ok guys.. this is soo weird.. The past few days I have been noticing that my radio randomly shuts off and completly resets all of my settings. Normally it only resets all the settings if I unplug the negative battery cable and plug it back in... I recently installed a new battery according to the specifications, about a week ago. My Voltage guage is reading + 16v ! while my PDA connected to MegaSquirt displays 11.2v while running!!! Now I am assuming the voltage guage reads the voltage coming directly out of the alternator in my 1978 280Z.. so i'm not sure if it then hits a voltage regulator... So is the alternator overcharging then loosing alot of juice somewhere al…
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I have a 1973 240z manual trans, and I have 3 tachs that i am not sure if they work or not. One is the one that came off the car, the 3 prong tach, i also have a 4 prong from an earlier automatic 240z, and a tach from a 280z. Does anyone know how to test a tach to see if you can get any needle movemet with a battery or anything?
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Well .. all that re-wirering and the car left me stranded again. This problem has us all stumped. There is spark and it seems there is fuel .. but the car just dies for no reason. It died on me on the way home on the hyw. I was doing about 80 kms and it died .. then ran for about a km and then dies for good. I tries to start it ..it started and ran really poorly after about 1/2 hour and then quit. I had it towed to the mechanic .. got it off the tow truck ..then the car started and ran perfectly. ??????????? VERY ODD
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