Need some help with some wiring please - Page 2 - Infamous Nissan

cadillacdude1975 · 10-05-2020, 02:03 AM

My trucklite clones were 90 bucks from Amazon.

Beercaps · 10-05-2020, 05:25 AM

Just to clarify in case anyone misunderstood, I never wanted to put these in it’s purely out of necessity. I’d love to have stock lights back in, especially since I just paid for new bulbs. I got lucky there were live wires in the right spot and bolted down some tractor supply offroad lights to limp myself to work in the mornings. Fortunately, theres no/light traffic on backroads so early in the morning, and if anyone is out there’s a 99% chance it’s some hulking bro truck with lights bright enough to see through time so I won’t feel TOO guilty if my 560 lumen 2 bulb light pods are kind of bright.

Beercaps · 10-16-2020, 11:12 PM

So after three days of chasing wires and seeing no obvious issues I hit a pothole heading to work and everything is back to normal? No visibly damaged wires so I know to look for faulty plugs, any recommendations on where to start?

nunya · 10-17-2020, 12:24 AM

I would just paint an "X" on the bottom of that pothole in case the problem comes back.

Cusser · 10-18-2020, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Beercaps

So after three days of chasing wires and seeing no obvious issues I hit a pothole heading to work and everything is back to normal

Just like on Bonanza where a recently-blinded Cartwright would hit his head and re-gain his sight just before the hour ended. Michael Landon used similar restoration a couple of times on his Little House on the Prairie show.

Will be interesting if everything continues to work. Intermittent wire connections are tough to track down.

Deerhurst · 10-18-2020, 05:11 PM

Fuses. I recently had an issue with my stereo doing random things. The contacts in the fuse block were fatigued and needed to be bent back to make good contact with the fuse.

Beercaps · 10-24-2020, 02:07 AM

Deerhurst I’ll dig into that ASAP tomorrow(Saturday) thank you for the tip. Every plug I’ve found so far has been cleared of suspicion. Dealing with all these wires is a real motivator to finish collecting parts for the carb swap and run everything I can on independent switches.

EDIT: Deerhurst nailed it. I went through and wiggled every fuse I could lay eyes on and found several that were loose on one or both sides. Fixed all connections tested everything, all good! Even managed to fix some of the other issues I was going to ignore like the dome light. Waiting on my new headlight buckets to arrive and I’ll put it all back together. Thank you again everyone for the ideas and help.

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10-24-2020, 02:07 AM	#17
Beercaps Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: Beaumont Posts: 11 Vehicle: 94 D21 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Deerhurst I’ll dig into that ASAP tomorrow(Saturday) thank you for the tip. Every plug I’ve found so far has been cleared of suspicion. Dealing with all these wires is a real motivator to finish collecting parts for the carb swap and run everything I can on independent switches. EDIT: Deerhurst nailed it. I went through and wiggled every fuse I could lay eyes on and found several that were loose on one or both sides. Fixed all connections tested everything, all good! Even managed to fix some of the other issues I was going to ignore like the dome light. Waiting on my new headlight buckets to arrive and I’ll put it all back together. Thank you again everyone for the ideas and help. Last edited by Beercaps; 10-26-2020 at 11:30 PM.

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10-05-2020, 02:03 AM	#11
cadillacdude1975 The Gear Jammer Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Chattanooga, TN Age: 48 Posts: 10,242 Vehicle: 87 D21 SE KC V6 2wd 5sp & 87 Pathfinder 4x4 SE Thanks: 425 Thanked 1,279 Times in 1,167 Posts	My trucklite clones were 90 bucks from Amazon.

10-05-2020, 05:25 AM	#12
Beercaps Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: Beaumont Posts: 11 Vehicle: 94 D21 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Just to clarify in case anyone misunderstood, I never wanted to put these in it’s purely out of necessity. I’d love to have stock lights back in, especially since I just paid for new bulbs. I got lucky there were live wires in the right spot and bolted down some tractor supply offroad lights to limp myself to work in the mornings. Fortunately, theres no/light traffic on backroads so early in the morning, and if anyone is out there’s a 99% chance it’s some hulking bro truck with lights bright enough to see through time so I won’t feel TOO guilty if my 560 lumen 2 bulb light pods are kind of bright.

10-16-2020, 11:12 PM	#13
Beercaps Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: Beaumont Posts: 11 Vehicle: 94 D21 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	So after three days of chasing wires and seeing no obvious issues I hit a pothole heading to work and everything is back to normal? No visibly damaged wires so I know to look for faulty plugs, any recommendations on where to start?

10-17-2020, 12:24 AM	#14
nunya Banned Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: Southeast Posts: 975 Vehicle: nissan d21 93 kingcab 2wd Thanks: 289 Thanked 218 Times in 181 Posts	I would just paint an "X" on the bottom of that pothole in case the problem comes back.