Z32 sudden electric oddness

Jan 13, 2005 Last reply: 21 years ago 2 Replies

I just realized my TT 300ZX '93 64k miles lost a few electrical functions (non-vital) - and I think they all happened together since I'd have noticed any of them before the shock of ALL ...naw, if they were accumulating over time I'd have noticed... I look at the LED clock every day for certain. Altho I didn't see any fuses that were melted open, it's hard for me -since my eyes are bad.



Besides, I'm suspicious abt those fuses since the only extra clue I can offer relates to them: I'd removed an old Valentine One radar detector a couple weeks ago, and it had been wired in parallel to a fuse bus by a little copper strip (which I removed).



So now I can see I've lost my digital clock display (on the center console, also my rear wiper doesn't move, and the front wiper's intermittent function is out (regular speed ok.)



What does that sound like to you... do these circuits tend to fail together because of a common path or fuse? I *could* yank them fuses and use a continuity probe... but is the pattern of lost circuits familiar to you?



Thanks a lot!


Get a test light and check them in place via the "nubs" on each end of the fuse. 99% of automotive electrocal problems involve "extra" wiring people have added at some point in the car's life, i.e. radio, phones etc.

Steve, I don't get it: This method requires that each fuse be removed before a continuity test, or...while still in place?? The nubs you cite are...? I see tranlucent colored plastic w the bridge of conductor seen embeded inside, and also the 2 flat metal insertion pins. Nubs? Test in place or pull out first? Thanks a million!

-Pham

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