Got 4 Volts from my Ignition and a sic moan

[danc]

Guys:

I have been having starting problems (different thread) and had 12 volts coming off of my Ignition switch. I now have 4. Battery is definitely good... The noise (a sick sounding moan) is coming from the glove box area, so I assume it is an ignition relay but I don't have a service manual? Any thoughts or ideas? I've exhausted the local Nissan dealership mechianics expertise and am pretty much lost at this point???? Thanx

Dan

[Bambikiller240]

Clean your battery cables?

[COZY Z COLE]

Although worded a little different I noticed you posted this same question on HybridZ.org in the Chevy V-8 forum and said it was a 83 280ZX/SBC. So what exactly do you have?????

LARRY

[danc]

COZY Z COLE:

I have an 83ZX with a SBC, but the wiring is unchanged from the 6 cylinder. I didn't want to predispose anyone based on the conversion, and the battery cables are clean! Thanx

Dan

[COZY Z COLE]

Double post

LARRY

[COZY Z COLE]

Fair enough......

Go to this Auto Zone link and click on Fig. 36 Engine Control Schematic 83 280ZX link.

http://www.autozone.com/servlet/UiBroker?ForwardPage=/az/cds/en_us/0900823d/80/1d/1d/80/0900823d801d1d80.jsp

The Black/White wire carrying 12V goes from the ign. switch to the ign. relay and the coil. What is the reading at each with ign. on???? IMO the ign. switch needs to be replaced as this is a common problem, as opposed to the the coil or relay being bad, due to the amount of use......

LARRY

[danc]

Guys:

Found the voltage problem source and fixed that , but it didn't make any difference. Finally put a remote starter switch across the starter and it starts right up. I have no other symptoms, and everything works. It will also start sometimes like normal sometimes cold or hot?? Any electrical wizards out there who can tell me what would function intermittantly in the starting circuit when everything else works perfectly?? Ignition Control Unit?????

Thanx

Dan

[Aussie Zed]

Sorry to bring up an old thread, but i think i'm having the same problem here. There is a noise coming from the front right of my car, like a moan or as if it were trying to squeeze a fart out quietly for lack of a better description. It is an engine speed dependant thing - it only happes above 2750 RPM in any gear and doesn't happen all the time.

Then last night i was driving along and... thunk! my engine shuts off and the charge battery light on my voltmeter came on. Then i couldn't start it, although it seemed to crank faster than normal. Left it there until the next morning, when i towed it home and found out that it started again. Fixed itself it seemed.

Then I went to drive it today and the same thing happened in the middle of a packed parking lot! More than a little embarrasing but it was on the cards after assuming my problem had magically gone away.

I towed it home and it starts now, but i'm not confident that it will continue.

Any ideas? I'm stumped.

I have a '76 260.