[Roadsters] Brake lights and Right directional

[Stan Wilkins]

Doesn't the old saying go something like this:  "Most carburetor 
problems are electrical and most electrical problems are ground"?

Stan in Flagstaff

On 6/28/2014 7:24 PM, Paul Bauman wrote:
> I'm with Gordon on this one. Ground the daylights out of the car. I 
> have ground straps going from the battery to the engine block, and 
> from the battery to the starter. I have had accelerator cables spot 
> welded internally by having the starter use it for a return to ground. 
> Roadsters can't be too cool, too fast or too grounded.
>
> Paul Bauman
> 67 1600
> Westminster, CA
>
>
>
> On 06/28/2014 04:08 PM, Gordon Glasgow wrote:
>> I did the same thing years ago - failed to hook up the big ground to the
>> frame. It wound up frying the voltage regulator (twice) before I 
>> figured it
>> out. It also melted the housing on the throttle cable because it 
>> tried to
>> ground through that, too.
>>
>> Gordon Glasgow
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Datsun-roadsters 
>> [mailto:datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net] On
>> Behalf Of Gene at Scotia Lockup
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 7:52 AM
>> To: datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
>> Subject: [Roadsters] Brake lights and Right directional
>>
>> Thanks for all the suggestions,
>>
>> I think I needed to be more specific so here goes:
>>
>> My car is an early 1969 2000 (SRL311-07183), with a single row of fuses.
>>
>> All the lights were working properly before I removed the engine and
>> transmission.
>>
>> After I reinstalled the motor and trans I didn't tighten the ground 
>> from the
>> frame to the starter and found that caused the hard starting problem, 
>> it was
>> acting as if the battery was almost dead. It acts as if something 
>> shorted
>> out but there are no blown fuses and if the ground was bad it 
>> couldn't have
>> shorted. I do need to add the reverse lights are not working as well 
>> so I
>> will be testing that switch as well.
>>
>> I hope this additional info helps.
>>
>> Thanks again
>>
>>
>> Gene
> ________________________________________
>
> datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
>
> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
> Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
> Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
> Unsubscribe: 
> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/datsun-roadsters/ragtopman1601@hotmail.com