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Thread: blinker and gauges
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BadAssRX-7
1st Gear
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posted November 03, 2002 11:24 PM |
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blinker and gauges
ok a 75 (3/75) repu... it was doing a odd thing when i hit the left blinker it would blink oddly... sometime it would blink normal thing hangup then start normal again ... it was odd and totaly random. the right 1 worked great. yes i went and replaced all the bulbs and cleaned all the contacts. now its REALLY doing a odd thing... i hit the blinkers...eather side and all the stock gauges go dead and so does the tach.... anybody got any idea?
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83 limited edition rx7...T2 SWAP ON HOLD, 89 vert d.d., 74 rusted repu with 6port & Dellorto, 05 ZZR600
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brad
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posted November 04, 2002 03:49 PM |
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Wow. What a coincidence! Driving my 74 REPU to work today I had the right turn signal on. Worked fine. Hit brakes and the turn signals, gas gauge and tach died on me. A few minutes later it all worked again. Then died next time had brakes and turn signal on.
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74 REPU Lawn Green
81 Rx-7 racecar. 12a J-
Bridge
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repuguru
Redlining
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posted November 04, 2002 04:21 PM |
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Is it the ozone?
My REPU is also doing these things. A guy brought one buy today that was really freaking out.
Check the plug on the rear of the cluster. Sometimes a good twist and shake will get it all going.
Mine has gone beyond that. I have a bad plug, that sometimes is a good plug ,but mostly bad.
But new things have started happening. Like blinker only working on one side, gauges stop working, then start back working.
Time to check the ground on the motor mount and the one on the firewall.
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wankel_dreams
Redlining
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posted November 04, 2002 07:10 PM |
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my weird thing was that whenever i used the hazzards, the turn signals wouldn't work for like a week. This summer i took the relays apart. there had been about 1/8" of metal transfered from on side to another, making an irregular nipple (for lack of a better word) on one side and a pit on the other. I filled them semi smooth and they work great now.
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74 wankel panther
77 REPU
79 rx7
89 Vert
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BadAssRX-7
1st Gear
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posted November 04, 2002 08:26 PM |
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ok well i need a few things to help getme started...#1 a wiring diagram...anybody?...#2 locations of the relays and stuff to look at and repuguru HI its David
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83 limited edition rx7...T2 SWAP ON HOLD, 89 vert d.d., 74 rusted repu with 6port & Dellorto, 05 ZZR600
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rotarynews
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posted November 04, 2002 08:37 PM |
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brad
Rotorhead
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posted November 04, 2002 10:24 PM |
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The 3rd page of the wiring diagram shows a 10amp fuse for the gauges. Gonna check that one soon. Plus the flasher relay mighta gone south.
Good direction to check the engine/chassis and engine/motor mount grounds. My engine/chassis little ground wire snapped this weekend. Off to PepBoys!
Thanks for all the help everyone!
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-brad-
74 REPU Lawn Green
81 Rx-7 racecar. 12a J-
Bridge
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repuguru
Redlining
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posted November 05, 2002 06:19 AM |
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Yeah, David I realized that was you after I posted.
You like that 4.6 rear end in that thing don't you?
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BadAssRX-7
1st Gear
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posted November 05, 2002 10:30 AM |
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quote:
You like that 4.6 rear end in that thing don't you?
yea its the rice eater :) i poped my head on the back glass the 1st time i got on it... i wasnt ready
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83 limited edition rx7...T2 SWAP ON HOLD, 89 vert d.d., 74 rusted repu with 6port & Dellorto, 05 ZZR600
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BadAssRX-7
1st Gear
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posted November 05, 2002 07:18 PM |
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update....kinda
ok i messed around with it today. if i hit the haz. for a few blinks the gauges come back to life...till i hit the blinker...then dead again. THIS IS ODD. i also looked 4 that 10A fuse... no luck... let me know if anybody finds it
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83 limited edition rx7...T2 SWAP ON HOLD, 89 vert d.d., 74 rusted repu with 6port & Dellorto, 05 ZZR600
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wankel_dreams
Redlining
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posted November 05, 2002 08:26 PM |
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the relays are up under the dash, remove the guage cluster to get at them. there is one for the blinkers/hazzard, and one for the brakes. they kind of are peculiarly wired in series, so check them both.
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74 wankel panther
77 REPU
79 rx7
89 Vert
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brad
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posted November 18, 2002 09:55 PM |
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Well I replaced the stock engine to engine mount ground cable and the real small engine to body ground wire with new 4 gauge cables. Increased voltage at the battery but didnt fix the gauges going out.
This weekend I removed the fuse box, cleaned it off with brake cleaner, got out the cordless drill with wire wheel and grinded all the metal contacts on the fuse box until they were nice and shiny.
Then I noticed some yahoo had spliced the brake light switch + feed into the solid red power wire for the headlight switch. Goofball. So I got rid of that splice and ran a 12 gauge wire to an available not used constantly on bat connection on the fuse box to the + brake light switch feed. Voila~ now brake lights work again. Stock gauges including tach works. But the damn headlights and parking lights don't work. They went out about a week ago. Anyone got ideas? Of course I am concerned that there was an available not used connection on the fuse box, someone has messed with the wiring on my REPU but that's the way it goes.
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-brad-
74 REPU Lawn Green
81 Rx-7 racecar. 12a J-
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klaus42
Rotorhead
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posted May 14, 2006 05:19 PM |
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Anyone have any ideas about this: (?)
So here's the deal: I let one of my REPU's sit too long over the winter; now, I have no dash guages, and no turn signals... odd combination... I did review this, and other pertinent threads. It's not my battery box or engine/motormount ground. (This truck's never had an engine/firewall ground since in my posession--never a problem before...) It's not the fuse box -- checks out fine. Does not appear to be the relays, either... and, the cluster and plug appear to check out OK, too... (Unable to locate any 10 Amp fuse behind there, though.)
I can fire her up, run and drive her... have headlights, taillights, and brake lights... but no tach, temp., ammeter, or gas guage... and no turn signals. Never an issue before...
I've become familiar with the 'usual suspects', and have dealt with them before... and they don't appear to be involved, this time. I'll add another ground, even another fuse, if I thought it would fix this...
What am I missing?
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ovquick
Redlining
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posted May 14, 2006 09:44 PM |
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Intermittant Blinker
Usually for this condition, the culprit is a bad ground at the offending light, if you look real close sometimes you can see both filaments are lighted and its grounding all the way through the other circuit.
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klaus42
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posted May 18, 2006 09:38 PM |
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I neglected to mention...
...that my Hazard flashers function... but, still no turn signals. Ugh! Now to the point of exchanging the various components, one-by-one...
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