wagoon Posted May 29, 2012 Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 Intermittently my "Park, Charge, Oil gauge, turn signals, gas gauge, temp gauge work. I'm trying to trace all of the wires, from the fuse box. I have a stripped screw on the fuse box so it's hard to remove the fuse box. Ive seen some folks use lemon or vinegar on the wiring. Where is the locations to look at. I also noticed my fuse box has a Common fuse and it keeps blowing, what is that for? Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted May 29, 2012 Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 Those things are on separate fuses, so it's unlikely to be a fuse problem. Never heard of a Common fuse. Most likely suspect is the dash ground. Make sure the instrument cluster is tightened to the dash frame. Might just need one screw tightened. Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted May 29, 2012 Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 Make sure the pins on the back of the cluster are not broken. My friends truck had a couple of broken pins (where the wire harness connector plugs in). I took out the gauges and re soldered the pins to the board. Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted May 29, 2012 Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 the common fuse would be the cig lighter wire. also goes to the door buzzer.Has Power all the time. it could be grounded. spliced in to soemthing ???????? Quote Link to comment
wagoon Posted June 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 There's a door buzzer? I put in the common fuse and I saw it flare up and burn. Location of door buzzer? What is this bus? ...How bout this one? (not connected) ...and this one? Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 What is this bus? Bus? Looks like a seatbelt buzzer. Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 ...How bout this one? (not connected) ...and this one? Both are Flasher units. Either Turn Signals or Hazard flashers. Whichever system does not work on your vehicle is the unplugged one. Turn your Hazards on and see. The NILES unit is original Datsun equipment. The small one is an aftermarket #552 replacement unit for the the missing second NILES unit. Quote Link to comment
metalmonkey47 Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 Smaller is your turn signal flasher. $3.99 @ Autozone for a replacement. Other is a hazard flasher. Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 originally the 40mm diameter Niles was Turn Signals, and 32mm diameter Niles was Hazards -- but they may have been switch by a previous owner... They work when interchanged, not sure why the were different sizes. Quote Link to comment
wagoon Posted June 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 Anybody know which color wire the Common is? Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted June 15, 2012 Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 Common.Fuse would be the cig light wire. Thats a common.which usues the common fuse Or go to the fuse box put a ohm meter on there and trace it out the fuse box to the connector that plugs in to it. It does whcih colors to blu/ wht under the dash If I rember right but may start out as another color. You may hay to trace under the glove box and disconnect the pluggs. All else fails BUY a Haynes manual page 181 or look up a schematic for this Quote Link to comment
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