Ohh herro

[badvibrations]

puts a huge grin on my face...

Thats how I feel about my girl.
When I wash her I may be "just polishin' a turd".
But when I drive her, well, thats another deal completely.

[shmutzigE30]

welcome

[dashboardmonkey]

Welcome

[Wh33lhop]

If your radio, OBC, tach and MPG guage dont work, it might not be because of the si batteries.

There is a wire that goes to the back of the tach that sends 12v to the tach in the plug that connects to the Tach in the back of the cluster. I replaced it with a wire temporarily with a fuse to a 12 volt source and it fixed all 3 problems. I'll try to find a thread, it had pictures.

EDIT:Cant find the thread but i will be going home next week. I'll just checl

YES

I haven't found the batteries yet (was going to drop by mar vac tomorrow to see if they had the sanyo lithiums) but I just replaced fuse 21 (radio/climate control/obc) and had to put a higher amperage fuse in to get the blower/ac to work. I know it's a bad idea and it's just a temporary fix but the radio and OBC (incidentally the interior lights too even though the bulbs are good) still do not work.

Edit: Since replacing the fuse I haven't reinstalled the gauge cluster, so that would probably explain why the radio and OBC don't work if they depended on a voltage source from the cluster. I'll try reinstalling it tomorrow just for giggles.

Slowly fixing problems here, one by one...

[Wh33lhop]

Thats how I feel about my girl.
When I wash her I may be "just polishin' a turd".
But when I drive her, well, thats another deal completely.

Better that than the other way around IMO. I rarely washed my maxima but it had...

Bixenon retrofit (acura TLs)
custom made coilovers with camber plates, GCs, custom shortened body konis
front strut bar
4 point lower tie bar/brace in the front
4 point subframe connectors (welded on)
aftermarket rear sway bar
18x8 +30 and 235/40ZR18 Federal 595s

Thing handled on rails... for a maxima. Getting into the E30 all of a sudden it doesn't have the same noodle frame chassis that the maxima did, and I don't need to add camber and rear anti-sway to try desperately to dial out understeer. It handles better than my car ever did and I don't need to do a single thing to it.

I love the maxima and I knew I was polishing a turd by modifying it; I did it anyway for shits and giggles but only now is it so apparent how much of a turd it really was.

[DatUtahGuy]

Welcome to R3v and the assholes that live here(myself included)

Enjoy your new money pit!! I know I do :D

[Wh33lhop]

If your radio, OBC, tach and MPG guage dont work, it might not be because of the si batteries.

There is a wire that goes to the back of the tach that sends 12v to the tach in the plug that connects to the Tach in the back of the cluster. I replaced it with a wire temporarily with a fuse to a 12 volt source and it fixed all 3 problems. I'll try to find a thread, it had pictures.

EDIT:Cant find the thread but i will be going home next week. I'll just checl

Can anyone else chime in here?

[einstein57]

I bought my batteries at hobby people. I have a few spares actually. Does your service board have 1 battery or 2?

[E30_fiend]

welcome to the board. You live near me, we should meet up sometime






Taylor

[rbartongrimley]

You live by me too! I live in Carpinteria, but am in SB everyday for school and work. There are a few of us that have e30's up here, and you should definitely come out and hang out with us one day.

Check out www.sbeuroclub.com we have bi weekly meets up in SB and you should come check them out.

Let me know if you need any help with your cars too. I have two parts cars and plenty of tools!

[Wh33lhop]

I bought my batteries at hobby people. I have a few spares actually. Does your service board have 1 battery or 2?

2. They're the Sanyo Laser Lithiums, but I already bought another pair and soldered up a solution. The tach still doesn't work, so either I need to charge the batteries first or I've got the tach wire problem (OBC and radio still don't work).

welcome to the board. You live near me, we should meet up sometime






Taylor

Fasho. My car's still a piece though, squeaky belts, lifter tick, blown suspension, etc... :D

You live by me too! I live in Carpinteria, but am in SB everyday for school and work. There are a few of us that have e30's up here, and you should definitely come out and hang out with us one day.

Check out www.sbeuroclub.com we have bi weekly meets up in SB and you should come check them out.

Let me know if you need any help with your cars too. I have two parts cars and plenty of tools!

I'm actually a member of hard parking (the local "import" board) and was going to register with sbeuro already. Lots of drama here in good ol' SB car groups... :giggle:

[EvoStevo]

Welcome! I too graduated from a Nissan Maxima (3rd gen, 1994 5-spd SE). Fun cars, but they do have their limits. I'm sure you'll enjoy the E30's vast tuning potential. Your old car looked pretty sweet. Here's what my Max looked like before it too got totalled:

[elguapo84]

Rell Rell Rell...if it isn't Arec Bardrin!

Relcome to R3v!

[einstein57]

2. They're the Sanyo Laser Lithiums, but I already bought another pair and soldered up a solution. The tach still doesn't work, so either I need to charge the batteries first or I've got the tach wire problem (OBC and radio still don't work).

They do need to be charged first. When i bought my car it had been parked for a whole with a dead battery and took about a month for it to charge enough to work porperly.

[Wh33lhop]

They do need to be charged first. When i bought my car it had been parked for a whole with a dead battery and took about a month for it to charge enough to work porperly.

Even the lithiums? I figured just the nicads needed to be charged.