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$amm-E

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The car does this weird ticking from under dash when car goes about 100-110km. Sounds like it's coming from ignition barrel cause at first I thought it was just my keys knocking together but have since discovered thats not the problem. Any ideas guys thanks

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Sheriff Wan Proficient

Sheriff Wan

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Welcome to the forums mate...

Maybe start with a search or 2... Instead of posting a question everytime...

Anyways - the tick tick tick your describing is a box behind your speedo cluster.

It requires you to take out the speedo cluster. Once you have it out behind it you will see a metal box about the size of a squash ball, you need to disconnect the green and black wires that are connected to it and and remove the box = no more tick tick ticking.

Cheers

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frogstarc Contributor

frogstarc

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Hi there

After a little searching I came across this thread which does go some way to answering the question I have, but not entirely. 

My r33 intermittently suffers from the ticking described in this thread, and I was glad to learn of its source, but I'd like to know what purpose of the box is before I just disconnect it.

I notice it stops and goes to a normal rhythm when i use the indicators, but will resume once the indicator is off, and seems to tick at 2 slightly different speeds, swapping between approx 2 ticks a second and 3 ticks a second, possibly linked to throttle increase/decrease which makes me wonder if it's a diagnostic of some kind, but can also seem random at times.

I'm yet to take the dash or cluster out so I don't know what the wiring is like back there. All the gauges and dash lights appear to function normally, with the exception of the "D" for drive light which will only come on after 30-60 mins driving.

An Immobilizer (I think only 2 point) and cd head unit are the only additions to the wiring.

I don't have an owners manual, only workshop, so if anyone can shed any light on these symptoms I would really appreciate it.

Cheers, Yosh.

 

 

Spurdo Experienced

Spurdo

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a lot of jap cars had these from the factory back in the day. they're meant to irritate you enough to make you slow down should you decide to exceed 100kph. easy to remove though.

jesustittyfckingchrist are those things annoying. we've got an old corolla that belonged to my grandad that used to have one.. i didnt fancy hearing that thing carrying on for 4 hours straight at a time. it came out fairly soon after i got it

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