Hi there - I'm new to the board, but have been meaning to sign up since i bought my 300zx :)

 

I bought it about a month ago, everythings been fine until today ,

 

I was on my way home , went to turn my lights on, and all I have is full beam.

 

No sidelights, No main beam, just full beam, even when full beam is switched off, its still on, but nothing else (when main beam is on, full beam is on)

 

I also have no rear lights, even when full beam is on.

 

indicators, horn, interior light, ect all work, however dash lights do not work either.

 

Thanks in advance for any help

 

Tony

Firstly welcome :)

 

And your problem is a blown fuse, you will find the fuses next to the accelerator pedal in the drivers footwell :) I believe it is in the top row of fuses. HTH :)

Firstly welcome to the nut house.

 

Strangley this is the second thread about this in about a week.

 

Heres the other thread.

 

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=113086&highlight=main+beam

 

Not sure what the answer was in the end.

 

Good luck with it.

 

What car do you have LWB TT colour etc. We want to se some photos.

 

Darrell

welcome to the club.

 

see above post 2

Also this will help you http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=66739 :)

Hello and welcome!

 

hope you get your problem sorted.....

welcome to the club dude

as zx-eyes said, its your fuse gone;)

hi mate, welcome to the forum. Where in essex are you based ?

welcome

Hi guys - thanks for the MASSIVE amount of replies in such a short amount of time, I posted when I was at work and just brought my other car home cos I didn't wanna drive with no rear lights. :(

 

I looked for an internal fuse box , I even started unscrewing the bit under the steering wheel - lol. Found the one under the bonnet and thought that was it - but nothing was blown under there :)

 

I'll get up there in the morning and let you know how I got on :)

 

I did search for 'NO HEADLIGHTS' before posting but didn't find anything, so I apologise for the double post I know how annoying that is for ya.

 

I have a LWB manual non turbo exactly the same colour as Darrell's.

 

It has a '300zx.co.uk' tax disc holder in it so I'm guessing a past owner has been a member here, would be interesting to find some info about it. I'll get some pics up tomorrow

 

SMW1: I'm in South east essex, near south woodham ferrers / maldon

 

Thanks again for the help

 

Tony

Hi guys - thanks for the MASSIVE amount of replies in such a short amount of time, I posted when I was at work and just brought my other car home cos I didn't wanna drive with no rear lights. :(

 

I looked for an internal fuse box , I even started unscrewing the bit under the steering wheel - lol. Found the one under the bonnet and thought that was it - but nothing was blown under there :)

 

I'll get up there in the morning and let you know how I got on :)

 

I did search for 'NO HEADLIGHTS' before posting but didn't find anything, so I apologise for the double post I know how annoying that is for ya.

 

I have a LWB manual non turbo exactly the same colour as Darrell's.

 

It has a '300zx.co.uk' tax disc holder in it so I'm guessing a past owner has been a member here, would be interesting to find some info about it. I'll get some pics up tomorrow

 

SMW1: I'm in South east essex, near south woodham ferrers / maldon

 

Thanks again for the help

 

Tony

right next to the accelerator pedel. you have to be a contortionist to see in there tho so move the seat right back and get right in the footwell. its behind a plastic panel:rofl:

Welcome to the club. Off the lights not fooking working :mac1:

 

Same problem here, however all my fuses and relays are all fine so its off to an auto electrician on friday to see what is wrong

 

According to the owners manual there are some inline fuses between the battery and the relay/fuse box. Which i will be checking out tommorow. fingers crossed

Well, I have a feeling it could be stereo - related..

 

The other post talks about the problem affecting his stereo, well, my lights were working sunday night, I took my center console out yesterday to plug in some phono leads to the pre-outs, amongst that, I pulled a couple of wires out that had corroded in choc-blocks, one was an earth, and one was orange which I guess is the illumination for the head unit, this connector had come out of the original block so i didn't connect this back up because there was 2 avaliable connections and I didn't know which one.

 

There's no way this is the direct reason but could be related.....

 

I'll see about these fuses tomorro and let you kno how i get on

There are also some multi-block connectors down behind that fuse box too, when they become loose that can cause rear lights to go out.

Morning people.

 

As suspected, I found the hidden fuse box, and fuse was blown!

 

Changed the fuse and 'pop' blew strait away.

 

So there's definately a short somewhere.

 

I'll get on it tonight and let you know how i get on.

 

Any ideas on what else (other than head unit) to look at might help?

 

Thanks

 

Tony

Morning people.

 

As suspected, I found the hidden fuse box, and fuse was blown!

 

Changed the fuse and 'pop' blew strait away.

 

So there's definately a short somewhere.

 

I'll get on it tonight and let you know how i get on.

 

Any ideas on what else (other than head unit) to look at might help?

 

Thanks

 

Tony

 

Nope sorry :(

 

But great news that you now know how to fix that problem :) When it first happened to me, i did'nt have a bloody clue :(

 

First things first, try and put your head unit wiring back to how it was :)

The illumination for the radio will usually run from one of your existing lighting circuits. It's wried this way so that when you turn your lights on the stereo knows it's dark and to dim the stereo lights. I would suggest connecting this one back up. Also connect the earth back to how it was., make sure the corrosion is cleaned and use new chock blocks if required for a good connection. Try using a multi meter to find out what wire you need to connect the illumination to. you should have a 12v running through it only when the lights are switched to the on position.

 

If you get nothing at any time on this wire then you are more than likely looking at a fuse. You can find these to the right of the accelerator pedal in the drivers footwell, behind a littl trap door on the side.

 

My parents live in mayland sea, so I may see you around when I head up there once a month.

The illumination for the radio will usually run from one of your existing lighting circuits. It's wried this way so that when you turn your lights on the stereo knows it's dark and to dim the stereo lights. I would suggest connecting this one back up. Also connect the earth back to how it was., make sure the corrosion is cleaned and use new chock blocks if required for a good connection. Try using a multi meter to find out what wire you need to connect the illumination to. you should have a 12v running through it only when the lights are switched to the on position.

 

If you get nothing at any time on this wire then you are more than likely looking at a fuse. You can find these to the right of the accelerator pedal in the drivers footwell, behind a littl trap door on the side.

 

My parents live in mayland sea, so I may see you around when I head up there once a month.

 

Hi - I know what the illumination wire does, I never bother connecting it up, I did reconnect the earth wire that broke, otherwise the radio wouldn't work.

 

However I can't use a multimeter to test which wire it is because my dash lights have died with this problem rememer :)

 

I've already discovered the fuse is blown, but it just blows strait away with a new one in.

 

As I said, I have a feeling its head-unit related, but the illumination wire has come out at the head unit end, so even if it was earthed out it would cause a problem with the head unit, not the lights (because the connection has not been made from lights to head unit), but I do think it has something to do with this area of the car :)

 

I work in maylandsea, thats actually where the car is parked at the mo :)

 

I work prettymuch 7 days a week so if you keep your eyes peeled you'll see it parked up (or going sideways somewhere)

 

Thanks for the replies, I'll post an update once I get back down there and take the center console out again.

right.. here's the update.

 

I just wrote a load of waffle about how it still wasn't working, and while typing realised I had actually fixed the problem, so i shot back out there, put a fuse in it and... it works!!

 

Here's what I did: took center console out, disconnected stereo plug at loom end, so no stereo wires could interfere with my testing. I then hooked up a short circuit tester (I shoulda done this first) one end of the fuse was giving positive power, the other end nothing, until the light switch was on, then negative. I thought this was wrong , so I came on here to moan about not fixing it, then realised thats perfectly fine, and .. it works.

 

I wish i'd have hooked up the short circuit tester before taking anything out and I woulda found out what it was. I still have to put everything back together though so the drama isn't quite over yet.

 

Thanks for the help

 

Tony

right.. here's the update.

 

I just wrote a load of waffle about how it still wasn't working, and while typing realised I had actually fixed the problem, so i shot back out there, put a fuse in it and... it works!!

 

Here's what I did: took center console out, disconnected stereo plug at loom end, so no stereo wires could interfere with my testing. I then hooked up a short circuit tester (I shoulda done this first) one end of the fuse was giving positive power, the other end nothing, until the light switch was on, then negative. I thought this was wrong , so I came on here to moan about not fixing it, then realised thats perfectly fine, and .. it works.

 

I wish i'd have hooked up the short circuit tester before taking anything out and I woulda found out what it was. I still have to put everything back together though so the drama isn't quite over yet.

 

Thanks for the help

 

Tony

 

 

Just seen the post, it was me that had the problem with lights and radio last week. Yes, there is a wire (orange/green I think) that is a switchable earth depending on if the lights are on. It switches to live from earth when the lights are turned on and blows the fuse.

Problem : Solved.

 

Turns out, the earth that i thought snapped when i pulled the head unit out was the problem. it did snap, and it was missing from the choc-block, but obviously somebody had done this before... and it snapped from another location...

 

the earth from the wiring harness goes into the dash illumination on the car loom... (bang) so i've swapped out the earth for the illumination wire which wasn't connected to anything, and earthed the stereo on an earth behind the center console.

 

Problem solved.

 

Hope that helps anyone else with the same problem

Great stuff, nice one bud :D

Hi Siquo,welcome. Im in Chelmsford.Im also new to the 300zx but have fairly good knowledge of cars in general so welcome to ask anytime. Not saying i'll know all the answers though.

Welcome bud, you have come to the right place you will have no problems with this forum for getting a quick response for any probs you might have with the z, we are a great bunch,lol:)

Everyone seems friendly enough :):)

 

I met another 300zx owner locally the other day, he's just bought his and has a problem so I'll make another post on his behalf :)

Everyone seems friendly enough :):)

 

I met another 300zx owner locally the other day, he's just bought his and has a problem so I'll make another post on his behalf :)

 

Get him to join, we dont bite...lol