Jehannum Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Hey all, '71 240Z with electrical issues here. My coolant circuit sprung a leak, right over the starter. This shorted everything to ground, and ended up letting the smoke out of both the fusible link (between the white w/red stripe harness wire and the starter) and the ammeter. I'm swapping over to a '76 volt meter, so the interior stuff is taken care of, but I need to replace the fusible link. It looks to my eye like a 10 or a 12ga. wire, but I figured I'd tap the brain trust here since one of you probably knows it off hand (and since searching fusible linke gauge returns nothing...). Of note is the fact that I have a rear-mounted battery with a kill switch behind the license plate (the alternator charging wire runs to the kill switch instead of the starter). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beermanpete Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Fusible links are typically 4 wire gauge sizes smaller than the wire they protect. The white/red wire in the Z is roughly 10 gauge so the fusible link should be 14 gauge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehannum Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share Posted January 11, 2013 Fusible links are typically 4 wire gauge sizes smaller than the wire they protect. The white/red wire in the Z is roughly 10 gauge so the fusible link should be 14 gauge. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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