Need Help.

[starwarz]

My R34 NA is starting to be a handfull i need some suggestions or solutions.

1) my Speedo lights are not working......so at night i cant see how fast im going, i have resulted to using a GPS to calculate my speed....., My freind was setting up my stereo do you think he could have cut or diplaced a wire related to the gauges ?, or if its a fuse possibly.

2) My tail lights are not working, my brake lights are.....I checked the fuse box and where tail lights is supposed to be its missing, i dont know why the hell its not there....or why the hell i didnt notice in the last two weeks i had this.....i dont drive that much at night.

Please help if you can. much appeciated.

[ONE-VIA]

have you check all fuses and globes

[starwarz]

Yes they all seem fine, they dont look burned out to me, i gotta take it to an auto electrician it seems.......

[TurboDoseBro]

Check both fuse boxes, then check globes, then if something isn't plugged in inside the dash.

Edited August 29, 2010 by TyresBro

[Race_Bred]

Try putting a fuse in there, it's will be the fuse blown or missing causing the problem. If you put a fuse in and it blows then you have a short somewhere.

Have you installed a new CD player recently? There is a wire behind the stereo, which is a earth with ignition off and a power with ignition on or vice versa and is easily mistaken for something it is not. So when this wire is used incorrectly in a cd player install, it blows the parking light fuse.

Have you checked fuses inside the car and under the hood? I know on 33's that particular fuse is in the boot, not inside the car.

[GTS4WD]

grab a multimeter and try a continuity test in figgerent parts of the circuit.

This will help diagnose where the problem is.

You may have to take the dash out.

It may be as simple as a blown gobe.

This is not a nice exercise.

Best of luck

[starwarz]

Try putting a fuse in there, it's will be the fuse blown or missing causing the problem. If you put a fuse in and it blows then you have a short somewhere.

Have you installed a new CD player recently? There is a wire behind the stereo, which is a earth with ignition off and a power with ignition on or vice versa and is easily mistaken for something it is not. So when this wire is used incorrectly in a cd player install, it blows the parking light fuse.

Have you checked fuses inside the car and under the hood? I know on 33's that particular fuse is in the boot, not inside the car.

yes i did install a cd player, but i didnt drive the car at night untill a couple days later so i wasnt to sure if it was because we played with the wires, when i asked my mate who did all the installing he says it couldnt be. As for the fuses i have changed all of them under the hood after i did it, as for the fuses inside the car they all seem fine, which fuse would exactly be related to speedo lights, because in car lights fuse is working perfectly, so it might actually be a blown globe.....

[.:: GimpS-R34 ::.]

1. Firstly, unless your mate is a professional or knows what he's doing.. It's not always best to be cheap and let them have a go.. Can cost more in the end. However i'd check fuses first, then just pull the instrument cluster out and replace a bulb and check if it lights up.. then if that fails, i'd be checking your mates wiring to see if he's done something wrong..

2. Ummm... What is it your asking.. Just replace the fuse if it's missing.. Previous owner prob blew the fuse and took it out and not replaced it

[starwarz]

1. Firstly, unless your mate is a professional or knows what he's doing.. It's not always best to be cheap and let them have a go.. Can cost more in the end. However i'd check fuses first, then just pull the instrument cluster out and replace a bulb and check if it lights up.. then if that fails, i'd be checking your mates wiring to see if he's done something wrong..

2. Ummm... What is it your asking.. Just replace the fuse if it's missing.. Previous owner prob blew the fuse and took it out and not replaced it

He has an r34 to and said his done it a couple of time on his, so i didnt really think to much of it. But i have replaced checked all the in car fuses today and they are all fine...., i guess its time to check the bulb out and im not looking foward to it.

[.:: GimpS-R34 ::.]

Why not.. They are easy to get to..

Drop your steering wheel down to it's lowest setting.. Unscrew the surround around your cluster.. Unscrew the cluster.. Pull out and disconnect plugs.. Pull out completely.. Check bulbs..

[starwarz]

Ok so i took the car to the car electrician and he bascially told me my Alternator is overchaging and around something like 15.5v, above the accepted standard, and he thinks thats what caused my bulbs to blow......, this really sux for a poor Uni student working once a week who wanted to buy pimped out rims and exhaust, he reckons 500 plus labour...... Im thinking i just Buy an original used and reconditioned alternator that these japanese distributing company is selling on ebay and get my family mechanic to give me a family discount lol.

[.:: GimpS-R34 ::.]

or get one from a wreckers or off a wrecked one on here for cheap and then get it done.. that's if that is the problem..

also i've heard.. pants off = discount

[SiNNO]

also i've heard.. pants off = discount

lol

On a related note, there's an r34 being wrecked at lansvale wreckers if you're looking for an alternator

[Galois]

just wondering on the money saving side, is it hard to install an alternator yourself?

[starwarz]

Problem solved, the lesson to be learnt is if your not a proffesional dont go installing a head unit, apparently its done a little wire frying in the Alternater and fuses and bulbs. All fixed now, but its set me back 350 but its all fixed now new wires, propely soldered Head unit, new bulb in tail light and speedo.