[Zmagnette] Wiring problem

Mon Feb 17 15:16:21 MST 2014

If it is a harness from British Auto Wiring or Autosparks, it will precisely match the schematic right down to the proper terminations on the wires... I have installed nearly a dozen from both sources and they are uncanny in their accuracy. Though it never hurts to verify grounds!

Steve H.
On Feb 17, 2014, at 1:48 PM, "Mike Ash" <mikeash at dmv.com> wrote:

> All good suggestions.  However, I would like to suggest that it may be a ground problem.  I do not know which one, but I would suggest that all ground connections be checked (with a meter) for a solid connection to the bare chassis, and that they are not insulated from the chassis by paint. 
>  
> In my experience with a new harness, it may not exactly match the diagram because they may have taken a wire by a different path to achieve the same result.  The additional wire on you fuse block may be for the wiper motor, the connections for which are shown incorrectly on the diagram.
>  
> My two cents!
>  
> Mike.
>  
>  
> From: zmagnette-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:zmagnette-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of John Perkins
> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 12:30 PM
> To: List for the Z Magnette Group - North America
> Subject: Re: [Zmagnette] Wiring problem
>  
> Roger:
>     I sounds like there are two separate issues.
>     On your ZB, the Dome light should have a brown wire with a green tracer to power it and a brown wire with black tracer to the door switches to ground it.  This will be energized all the time not just when the key is turned on, so I would recommend checking out your connections to the dome light.
>     The turn signal issue is most likely incorrect wiring at the direction indicator relay unit.  Here is a diagram of just the unit that may help you.  On my own car, the cover was on the unit incorrectly so when I thought I was attaching a wire to terminal 1 it was actually terminal 8.  If you look at the factory shop manual diagram, the Direction Indicator Relay Unit, it shows the coils and relay points - with the diagram I enclosed, you should be able to determine if your relay unit has had the cover installed wrong or not. 
>     Perkins
> On 2/17/2014 10:44 AM, Richard Greenberg wrote:
> I'd start by finding which wire supplies the dome light, and track it back to the power source.
>   Rick Greenberg
>  
> On Feb 17, 2014, at 9:06 AM, Rodger Shaver wrote:
> 
> 
> I have been frustrated with a glitch with my re-wiring job.  This is a 59 ZB with a new British Wiring harness. Regulator is the original, as are horn and signal light relays. New flasher unit form Moss. Re-wired stator tube.  Most electrical functions seem correct, e.g. the heater fan motor, the ignition, headlights.  However, when I turn on the key all four signal lights flash, along with the dome light. I have checked connections to dash panel and relays and can't find a problem. I have had trouble confirming green wire continuity from fuse box to all connections. Finally, I have four green wires at the fuse box, not the three illustrated on the ZA diagram I have in my WSM. 
>  
> I need advice on how to troubleshoot this problem, everything I check seems ok or doesn't make any sense. Rodger 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Kirby <skirby210 at cox.net>
> To: List for the Z Magnette Group - North America <zmagnette at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sun, Feb 16, 2014 8:40 pm
> Subject: Re: [Zmagnette] Z Magnette Wiring Diagram
> 
> Thanks John, this is huge undertaking, and I know we are all very appreciative of your efforts!
>  
> #2SteveK
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Perkins
> To: zmagnette at autox.team.net
> Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2014 1:51 PM
> Subject: [Zmagnette] Z Magnette Wiring Diagram
>  
> No, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth.  Family and Employer 
> have conspired to keep me from spending as much time on the wiring 
> diagram as I had hoped.  Also, building a set of icons to use for the 
> various components has taken more time than I thought.  The news is that 
> I've completed building a single wiring diagram that has all of the 
> options for the ZA, ZB, ZB Varitone both RHD and LHD.  It is being 
> checked for accuracy and completeness so it should be ready to send out 
> soon.
>      Perkins
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