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Tech Talk Technical Discussion About The Nissan 240SX and Nissan Z Cars |
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01-13-2020, 08:17 AM | #1 | |
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01-13-2020, 09:00 AM | #2 |
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Sorry man, I posted that 8 years ago when I had a similar issue when I rb20 swapped my s13. You have to do some wire tracing or digging on the internet about the issue.
If you are going to tune/fix/tinker on these cars you have to use the wealth of knowledge already available. Guy mentions the charging dash light here as well. I found that info within a 10 second google search. https://zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=634905 |
01-14-2020, 08:00 AM | #4 |
trust me I have done hours and hours of research. I have a multimeter. The battery light on the dash is the exciter for the alternator. The light does not turn on when the key is on the on position. i am going to just run a wire directly from the alternator to the back of the gauge cluster. There might be a break in the wire.
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01-14-2020, 08:30 AM | #5 | |
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long story short, the exciter from the cluster is NOT the only way to trigger the alternator. (I've had this stack cluster on 3 s13s now, same result on all 3 cars) |
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01-14-2020, 08:51 AM | #6 | |
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01-14-2020, 11:00 AM | #7 |
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correct. my stack cluster does have a voltmeter built in, and you can monitor battery voltage. when you first fire up the car it will just sit static around 11.5-12v, and slowly you can watch it trickle down (takes a while, its not immediate), but if you free rev the engine (just once, above 3-4k, then let it sit back at idle), you can see the alternator kick on and start producing 13-14v.
I'm curious to see what anyone else with a STACK or AIM digital dash has experienced when deleting the factory cluster. Or even people who just ditch the cluster and use like Defi or greddy gauges. |
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