s30dan

Hey, thanks for reading guys, If you can help I gladly appreciate it. My problem is I Bought a 1972 240z from the origional owner. He wanted to get rid of it asap. I got it for 500.00. It was pulled like 1/3 of the way for restoration, so I did a total restoration on it. Pulled everything except the main wire harness. I reconnected all the wires: New battery----->New starter----->new Alternator----> New Ignition coil and etc... New Fuses too and connected the dash board carefully back together. I turn the key to the ON position and nothing except the hazard lights are working. So I rechecked all the wiring like 3 times. and still nothing. Please help. I am at a dead end. I spent alot into this restoration

PredatorZ

I'm guessing you don't have a Service Manual, so here is a link to one you can download for free, follow the troubleshooting steps to work through what is and isn't working properly. Redo your grounds, make sure your battery has a ground to the frame. just not the starter. Check your fusible links with a multimeter to make sure you have good connections. Hopefully one of the electrical Guru's will be on later and give you additional places to look. The turn signal multi-switch can go bad and kill an older Z and cause all kinds of issues, make sure your ignition switch is working properly also.

http://www.xenons30.com/reference.html

PredatorZ

Grats on your new Z and welcome to the forums, and good luck on finding and fixing the problem your having. This is a great resource for Z owners and lots of knowledgeable guys always willing to bend your ear. The search works pretty good , and you will find lots of posts about electrical issues, and most likely lead you to a fix.

Twiggs280zx

How is the Z scene in AK? I was raised in Palmer but havent been there in 7 years.

Pics?

s30dan

I was working on it over the weekend. and finally got the electrical to work. For some reason. I used a multimeter to check out all of the electrical. All of the grounds are GOOD. The thing is It is temporary, I Hot wired a electrical from the starter to the alternator then all of the electrical works.. My uncle came and took a looked at it. He says maybe some of the relays are fried? When I take off the WIRE I hot wired. None of the electrical works... I Download a copy of the manual for my year. Thanks. Will look to it for future reference.

Are the relays hard to replace?
Would I need to touch the electricals inside the dash board?

s30dan

Hello! Fellow Alaskan! Once one always one! Its Great When the sun is out! But Its been raining like last summer. I was hoping to get my 240z up and running so i can take some nice scenery photos buts its not gonna happen anytime soon. Summer almost over.