She doesn't start (electrical?)

[RayG1988]

Okay, bought a Maxifuse box. Only has room for two fuses, all the writeups I've found use the ones with four but thats because they've all been made with 76+ Z's all of which had two fusible link boxes. Meanwhile 74-75 (don't know about earlier) had only one fusible links box. I couldn't find my Chilton but the writeup on AtlanticZ shows that the 75 and it's the closest thing to my Z. It shows that the fusible links ables should be green and black therefore I need a 40amp and an 80amp. Does this sound right? Or should I just get fuses of the same color?

I plan to do a write up since it looks like no ones done it for my year so wish me luck.

P.S. Here's a picture of the one I bought.

[geezer]

I would use maxi fuses with ratings that are matched to the fusible links recommended for use with the '82 L28et. You will have to do the research on that. Make sure your circuits are repaired and tested before running any power to them or it could get costly replacing maxi fuses. Good Luck

[RayG1988]

Thanks you've been a big help.

If all else fails I was actually able to find someone with an extra harness.

[RayG1988]

Ran into some problems...Looks like rain killed what was left of my s30-z31 Chilton's, long story short I don't know what fuses I should use. I searched online and I know the alternator is like 60a, but the thing is I found out that the previous owner had actually wired up the alternator straight to the battery...So unsure on whether I should put it on or not. Here's the mock up for my maxifuse box, probably different since mine only had one fusible link box as oppossed to the two that most people who have done the conversion have. Notice that I had yet to connect the starter wire at the top, the white wires were what used to direct the current to the fusible links, I believe.

My fusible links box only had the ignition switch fusible link and the alternator and ignition relay fusible link.

Currently downloading the 82 manual from carfiche, so I guess I could find out what amperage to use in replacement but I'm still confused on how having the alternator hooked up directly to the battery will affect this.

[geezer]

Most one wire, internally regulated alternators that I have seen do have the wire run to the battery either directly or connected to the (+)starter post which in turn has the battery cable connected to it. That's the only purpose of the alternator wire, charging the battery. It's obvious that you need the correct wiring diagrams and you need to study them until you understand the circuits. I'm not being critical, just pointing out that this cannot be repaired by someone that doesn't have the needed information.

[RayG1988]

It's cool, none offense taken. Downloaded the 82 FSM here at work. Really tempted to print it out but I may get in trouble.

[RayG1988]

She's fixed. I was overthinking everything, the maxifuse writeups weren't worthless. JUST DIFFERENT. I'll be writing up another one for the 240z and the 260z with an L28et since it's a common swap in some places.

Thanks for all the help, hopefully I can give back to this forum.