kevins 70 510

[DISLEXICDIME]

Man I bet you are feeling good now.

[philcas1987]

Stupid alternator . Feel like I failed

[banzai510(hainz)]

620kevin

so what is the actual fix?

 

what was wrong with the Cam Am wiring diagram instructions hooking up the box?

[H5WAGON]

I guess to sum it up, Kevin had 1 wire wrong, and another with bad connection?....also the tube for the TPS needed to be moved before the Mass air flow sensor...;)

 

Phil just started over, double checking the wiring.......:D

 

 

The fuse box mod was for headlights only....only mental pictures.:P

[510kevin]

yeah, i believe i had an issue with the key pwr wire. i was losing power while cranking.

 

and after looking at my can/am box the wiring diagram makes sense. i just wasnt putting it together for some reason.

and yeah, the iacv hose was plugged in before the maf, but i believe that would only cause an idle problem.

[H5WAGON]

True on the idle problem.:P

 

Now on with making her your DD...:cool:

[rusty12ver]

Way to go! That' so cool to see everyone pitching in to get it going! Let's see some vids!

[banzai510(hainz)]

Phil and MIke should have filmed it.

Go thru a basic trouble shooting procudure and wire lay out.

It would be helpful in the KS/SR swaps

[philcas1987]

He had no switched wire, wrong black/ yellow wire for start signal, ecu bup needed the red wire from harness but he got confused the way the diagram reads. Looks like it could say use a 12v power. Another one that can get confusing is the ground wire. On the diagram people could use the coil wire when really it's the switched power and ground means ground. Lol. Headlights kevin did a great job just needed a power wire from the fuse box. Converted the fuse box to later model one. The alternator is the one killing me. Alternator has ground. Has the main harness wire hooked up. Sense wire to 12v and the smaller one to the white with red from the alt light. No charge. WTF! Maybe the belt was slipping? If the alt checked out

[510kevin]

He had no switched wire, wrong black/ yellow wire for start signal, ecu bup needed the red wire from harness but he got confused the way the diagram reads. Looks like it could say use a 12v power. Another one that can get confusing is the ground wire. On the diagram people could use the coil wire when really it's the switched power and ground means ground. Lol. Headlights kevin did a great job just needed a power wire from the fuse box. Converted the fuse box to later model one. The alternator is the one killing me. Alternator has ground. Has the main harness wire hooked up. Sense wire to 12v and the smaller one to the white with red from the alt light. No charge. WTF! Maybe the belt was slipping? If the alt checked out

well phil, alt tested good, i cleaned the pulleys and added a new belt and still have no charge. <_<

[banzai510(hainz)]

So this is still not 100 percent?

 

Alternator NOT charging?

 

I had this recently on my 521. Had a high resisitance in the dash(popping the fuse). I reseat the plug in the back of instrument panel. started chargeing after that. But thats afer I swapped 2 alternators in there and took one to NAPA to have it ck out good.

 

So I assume it didnt have its 12volts to excite the alternator.

 

 

Your case maybe if old volt reg to new Internal type needs jumper or the T connector getting the 12volts?

[philcas1987]

Hainz it could be. Alt light wasn't on. Should have been.

[510kevin]

Hainz it could be. Alt light wasn't on. Should have been.

ill look into that...

 

 

on another note, got it running the best i could, vac leaks plugged, still doesnt run real good though. hesitates pretty hard everytime you get on it. gotta keep messing with it i guess.... :unsure:

[510kevin]

well, as hainz always says "get a cheap voltage reader that plugs in cigarette lighter"

 

bought one at walmart for $11. plugged it in, started car, and sure as shit, 13.5volts!!!!!

 

 

now if i could get it running right. everything else is pretty much done. gonna throw a timing light on it tomorrow and go from there.

[banzai510(hainz)]

alt light still should come on but 13.5v should be fine. would think a little more but I guess it will do. load it up with lights and heater and ou can see it load down ,rev it up should give a little more output.

 

ON my 521 the alt lite was out also evrytime it popped the fuse. No charging. But alt was good.so it must have done a loop in dash and came back out.

 

But maybe your fine

 

How your detect that you wasnt charging earlier? Volt meter across Battery? mabe the batt cable end is bad/batt connectio. I seen where it can loose a couple volts

[510kevin]

All the battery cables in the car are less than a year old. Phil and I both checked with a voltmeter on the positive pole on the alternator. Oh yeah, the 13.5 was with the headlights on and the radiator fans running!!

[510kevin]

well, i checked the timing. setit to 20btdc with the tps and iacv unplugged. still idles high, still bogs like a motherfucker.

 

anyone have any ideas? seriously. ive read just about every 240sx forum posting and tried just about everything :(

[510kevin]

just got the ka dialed in and im impressed!

now, a little wiring cleanup, new tags and put the hood on and im rollin!!! :D

[yello620]

So what was the fix? High idle and running rich wasnt it?

[510kevin]

Once I got the iacv hooked up correctly, I got it to idle down, set the timing and replaced the plugs. Runs like a champ!!!

[DISLEXICDIME]

nice now wee need smokey video!

[510kevin]

got some satin black sealer sprayed on her. not the greatest job, was cold in my shop. im gonna roll it for now, was better than the haggard gray primer.

 

i also ordered new gages. speedhut gps speedo, speedhut programmable fuel gage, autometer tach, water temp and oil pressure gages. ordered a set of takata racing harnesses, and a mk1 deep duckbill lip.

 

brand new windshield and seal are getting installed next thursday.

 

ive put over 1000 miles on it since the ka swap with only minor issues that were my own fault and very easily fixed.

 

ps its pretty quick :)

 

 

[Twodoordime]

DANG you got that thing looking STRAIGHT. i think i need more bodywork experience. The car looks great good job!

[ptown green]

The car is looking killer man! Im looking forward to seeing how you set up your gauges. Thats something I haven't put a lot of thought into. Did you get a tack to put in your stock cluster to replace the idiot lights? Or are you gonna mount that elsewhere?

[510kevin]

The car is looking killer man! Im looking forward to seeing how you set up your gauges. Thats something I haven't put a lot of thought into. Did you get a tack to put in your stock cluster to replace the idiot lights? Or are you gonna mount that elsewhere?

 

 

for the gauges, i ordered some that would be pretty close to the factory size. i didnt want to chop up my dash or try to fab something up that would look acceptable. i should have pics up in a few......