blinkers and emergency lights stopped working

[280z]

ive been under my dash playing with my air condition for the last few days and now my blinkers wont work? anyone have any ideas? the emergency flashers wont work either.

[Mr Camouflage]

Check the wiring to the flasher unit would be my first choice.

[EScanlon]

What Camo said!

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[montoya_fan01]

...........and your fuses. Use an Ohm-meter not your eyes to do this.

[280z]

i was thinking it was the fuse. im out of town at my buddys house right now and i have no fuse box cover so i dont know which one is for the blinker but there is a 2 amp fuse that looks a little burnt. could that be the one?

[sblake01]

It's probably not a fuse but if you have one that looks burned, change it. There is a connector located at the right just under the front of the console that ties these two systems together. (turn sigs/hazzards) I used to have intermittent problems with mine not working and I solved it by cleaning the contacts on this plug. It is labled C-7 in both of the scans.

[EScanlon]

Stephen:

I'd never seen those pages. Wish the 240 had something similar.

Enrique

[sblake01]

Stephen:

I'd never seen those pages. Wish the 240 had something similar.

Enrique

They're from the 78 280Z FSM. Doesn't the 240 FSM have wiring diagrms?

[EScanlon]

Yes, but they are strictly wiring diagrrams. That is, they show the lines going to components and they interweave like an neurotically obsessive compulsive spaghetti plate, but aside from the colors of the wires (and there ARE a couple of errors) and their beginning and starting point, there is very little in common with what you're showing.

The diagrams you posted not only have the wiring schematic drawn out for a SINGLE component of the car, they show you the CONNECTORS and the INDIVIDUAL wire connector in relation to it's POSITION in the multiple wire connector.

Here's somebody's correction to the FSM one, but trust me the FSM one has a couple of errors in it, this one at least has one of the errors corrected.

Enrique

72_240z_wiring.pdf

[montoya_fan01]

Here's somebody's correction to the FSM one, but trust me the FSM one has a couple of errors in it, this one at least has one of the errors corrected.

Enrique

I'm getting an error message. It won't open. Anybody else having a problem?

[EScanlon]

Do you have Adobe Reader installed? It should pop right up. It's not my diagram, but it is pretty clear and concise.

I'll see if I can find one of the clearer scans I found. Unfortunately, the only one I have is twice the size that you can upload, and if you reduce it any further it gets real grainy.

Enrique

[280z]

your right it wasnt the fuse. the emergency flasher connector was loose. thanks for help!