bjhines Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 I case you ever wondered why your headlights go dim, strange things happen in the rain, etc, etc.... I present to you "SPLICE WARS" Nissan just didn't use solder... at all..... I am going to apply solder liberally throughout the car... engine harness before unwrapping. After unwrapping I'll be damned... FOG LIGHTS!!! Headlight splice.. kind of exposed if you ask me.. I dont like it at all... Soo this is why my horns didn't work... someone pulled too hard. How nice.. splices with extra wire!!! Fuse panel fully soldered... It took a bigass iron on one side and a little iron on the other... with lead solder in my teeth... I am adding relays for everything... but I thought I would show you guys what I found..... Typical ground splice. It had been very hot and melted the tape and browned the main power+ right next to it.... whew!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastzcars Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Actually your wires look to be in pretty good shape. At least they look like they can be soldered. All my wires had corrosion and they wouldn't accept the solder. I ended up rewiring the whole car with a Centech wiring kit. Nice pictures for reference's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillZ260 Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 That is an interesting find, and a great post. I applaud you for figuring out what the gremlins are all about, I'm sure this contributes to 80% of them! I also aplaud you for going through the complete harness and 'rebuilding' it instead of buying new. (that's what I did) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2003z Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 You haven't lived until you've torn apart and fixed the wiring in these things. I did it to my last one, tracing and labelling every wire. It was a nice 2 week project. I spliced to junkyard harnesses into one complete one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clint78z Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 ACtually many cars have splices, very common older way of doing it. If you solder that connection it will eventually work harden the copper over the years and it will rip the copper starands off. Metripack connnectors are the way to go on connections outside the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjhines Posted April 6, 2006 Author Share Posted April 6, 2006 That is a very good point Clint... I have a great deal of experience with low voltage electrical systems... I build TV studios for a living... Often clamp type connections are better than solder in situations where things need to be flexible or removable... but the connections I am soldering are going to be permanently mounted and will not suffer from flexing very much... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotfitz Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 I remember that! I eliminated all the splices and ran individual wires to everything. I then connected the grounds using a ground block. All the power wires were run seperately from the connections under the dash aswell. All going to Maxi fues blocks. http://album.hybridz.org/showphoto.php?photo=6737&cat=500&ppuser=7958 At all the connections for the running lights and head lights I used packard delphi weatherpack connections. They work great! If you decide to use them, get the crimper and the removal tool. Yeah, the crimper is about $100 but well worth it. 2003Z..You must have more spare time then me. It took me about a month to rewire just the engine bay. Fog light wires was a nice find, but I eliminated those wires. I'll probably regret that later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhadman Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Where can you order Metri-Packs or Weather-Packs without a 20 piece minimum order? *Edit* You can get them individually at NAPA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotfitz Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Also: http://stores.ebay.com/Hi-Tech-Supply_W0QQssPageNameZstrkQ3amefsQ3amesstQQtZkm I'm pretty sure they sell them aswell: http://www.waytekwire.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhadman Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Waytek does sell them (I order all my wiring supplies and material from them), but there are minimum order quantities (22 for a 4 pin). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2003z Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 2003Z..You must have more spare time then me. It took me about a month to rewire just the engine bay.I'm an airline pilot. At the time I was a relatively new hire with no money, and switched to a plane that was behind on training, so I sat at home for 2 and a 1/2 months with full pay and nothing else to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotfitz Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 I'm an airline pilot. At the time I was a relatively new hire with no money, and switched to a plane that was behind on training, so I sat at home for 2 and a 1/2 months with FULL PAY and nothing else to do. Oh the sacrifices we have to make sometimes. lol I forgot about the minimum order with waytek. Thats probably why I went the ebay route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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