Help small problem

[180SX]

hey i drive a 180sx turbo, and the other day i was wiring a sony head unit, and i accidentally sparked some shit with the old head unit cables and blew my dash lights. i looked through all the fuses and changed all broken ones and still doesn't work, i also checked the TCU and that's fine. would i have blown the lights be hind the dash?

[sil80sr]

(December 19, 2009 09:41 pm)180SX Wrote:  hey i drive a 180sx turbo, and the other day i was wiring a sony head unit, and i accidentally sparked some shit with the old head unit cables and blew my dash lights. i looked through all the fuses and changed all broken ones and still doesn't work, i also checked the TCU and that's fine. would i have blown the lights be hind the dash?

Nope you would of blown the fuse -

3rd or 4th bottom on the right hand side of the fuse box its meant to be a 15 but you'll need to run a 20 o 25 if you jack power off it for the head unit.

I would suggest running a seperate 12v wire with in line fuse as this avoid voltage spikes, you also have to factor in, Nissan made wires at certain thicknesses because thats how much ampage is designed to run through them, if you load more in it can melt the wire in various spots until it finally earths itself somewhere.

Hope this helps

[180SX]

thanks, guess ill change the fuse to a 25, if that doesnt work ill take it to my mates dad shop get him to look over the wiring. thanks for the reply

[180SX]

god i gotta be the dumbest person alive, the knob that lets you set how high or low you want your lights in your car was on the lowest so it was turned off hence no dash now i put it to full and its all good ahah

[sil80sr]

i did the same thing in the ke70 lol we're sthmart lol

[^s13^]

haha how smart. gonna highjack this thread. i was trying to wire separate switches to my headlights, and sparked something, but now my headlights won't close, only open. can't find any fuses that are dead, not sure about relays because there's about 5 of them for the headlights. what could be wrong?

[Major]

checkd the actual motors for the lights??

[^s13^]

yeah the still have power in them. doesn't bother me really, just get it done next year sometime.

[jakez88]

thats farkin LOL! i hate those knobs. same thing happened to me i thought my dash lights were dying when i first bought the car then i moved the knob accidentally and the shit was blinding.

[180SX]

i use to have same problem with the lights just staying up u sure u havent clicked that button on the right of the steering wheel? next to ashtray light? 2 switches next to the alarm under ur right vent maybe u did a stupid thing like me

[^s13^]

na i fixed them tonight, there was a hidden fuse box i didn't know off, now the another problem has occurred. my F##ken fuel gauge doesn't want to read, just sits under the E. bloody nissan and electrics haha.

[180SX]

were was the hidden fuse box so i know for next time?
and yeh nissan with there electronics and really really really small hands

[^s13^]

it's next to the throttle, like most other cars, i just thought there wouldn't be one there because it's already got most the stuff under the bonnet.

[Steven_ONEVIA]

its not like your car is low dave
most silvias get the wiring gremlins when they lower there car and the tyre chews down the wires in the gaurds

[jakez88]

LOL wires in the guards? that must of been why my friend in a type x 180 was drifting at winton and managed to rip his loom out in the middle of the drift and the car cut out mid drift LOL.

[Steven_ONEVIA]

thats why my are in a tube and cable tied nice and high

[kizzza]

(December 26, 2009 02:08 am)Steven_ONEVIA Wrote:  its not like your car is low dave
most silvias get the wiring gremlins when they lower there car and the tyre chews down the wires in the gaurds

hahah yeh that happened to my 180! LOL

my indicators stopped working and kept blowing the fuse.