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Greg Burrows
robbieharrison@comcast.net wrote:
> Icky green stuff on the clips, sure enough! Cleaned it up, got gauges
> again. Thanks!
>
> Robbie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Patrick J.
> Horne
> Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 5:53 PM
> To: robbieharrison@comcast.net
> Cc: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: voltage regulator
>
> You'll also find that you heater doesn't work either. All these are
> powered by the 25A fuse from the ignition switch. You didn't mention
> that
> the care won't start, so I assume that it will. If you don't have a volt
> meter or test light I would start by looking closely at the clips in the
> fuse snaps into. is it clean, or green with crud? If it is clean, take
> out
> the 8A fuse and put the 25A fuse in its place. Do the wipers still work?
> Yes, the fuse is good, no, you have a bad fuse. Put the 8A back in
> place.
> There is a screw on the fuse block that is marked "F". IT should have 2
> wires on it, one green/blue and one green. (There also may be a yellow,
> but I don't think so). Check the screw that secures the wires to be sure
> it is not corroded and is tight. If everything checks out the problem is
> probably a corroded rivet that holds the fuse clips to the fuse block.
> only a volt meter or test light will tell you for sure. These fuse
> blocks
> take a beating, being in the engine compartment. Our vendors have
> replacements, as does the dealer.
>
> Peace,
> Pat
>
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>
> Pat Horne, Network Manager, Shop Supervisor, Future planner
> CS Dept, University of Texas, Austin, Tx. 78712 USA
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>
> On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 robbieharrison@comcast.net wrote:
>
> > Would the voltage regulator wipe out water, oil pressure, fuel and
> turn
> > signals all at once on a early '67 1600? Fuses all look OK, but all of
> > those items quit on mine last night. Ammeter still seems to function,
> as
> > do the dash lights, wipers and horn.
> >
> > Robbie Harrison
> > '67 1600
> > '68 2000
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Patrick J.
> > Horne
> > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 1:16 PM
> > To: maurell@bellsouth.net
> > Cc: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: voltage regulator
> >
> > Others have informed you as to the location and appearance of the
> > instrument regulator, so I won't go into that. The regulator must be
> > grounded to work correctly, so make sure that is is connected to the
> > column well.
> >
> > The clock is probably a different problem as the clock is not
> controlled
> > by the instrument regulator. If the times when the fuel gauge and temp
> > gauge work and don't work match the times when the clock also works
> and
> > doesn't work, the problem is probably not the instrument regulator,
> but
> > an
> > intermittent connection that is common to both. I suspect that there
> is
> > either an intermittent fuse or a bad connection in the fuse box.
> >
> > Peace,
> > Pat
> >
> > - Support Habitat for Humanity, A "hand up", not a "hand out" -
> >
> > Pat Horne, Network Manager, Shop Supervisor, Future planner
> > CS Dept, University of Texas, Austin, Tx. 78712 USA
> > voice (512)471-9730, fax (512)471-8885, horne@cs.utexas.edu
> >
> > On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 maurell@bellsouth.net wrote:
> >
> > > I have a '66 1600 that the fuel gage and the clock adn temp gage
> work
> > intermittently. The wiring diagram for the early models shows a
> voltage
> > regulator, as a small two wire mechanism. Where is this item located
> on
> > my car?
> > >
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