loss of gauges

[Prof]

Is your\'s a UK car Pete ?
 
If so I will have a looksie in the wiring manual tonight - see if I can figure out which fuse it is.

[peterwolds]

Is your\'s a UK car Pete ?
 
If so I will have a looksie in the wiring manual tonight - see if I can figure out which fuse it is.

Thanks Dave ,daft as it may seem not 100% sure think was 1st registered here 1991,presume says either on door pillar drivers side or engine bay plate ?
Will look tonight when home.The fuse box in the bay has 4x10A but no description as to what they are for unlike the footwell,haynes manual no help - have enough to change the whole car now.went to 4 places none had a fuse puller so its fingers & hope dont drop any !
Why do they put fuses in such a ridiculously hard place to get at nearly breaks your back/neck & i am only small :rollin

[grinder]

the 4 in the engine bay have nothing to do with the gauges - so dont worry about them

and the inside of the car ones :

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[Prof]

Thanks Dave ,daft as it may seem not 100% sure think was 1st registered here 1991,presume says either on door pillar drivers side or engine bay plate ?
Will look tonight when home.The fuse box in the bay has 4x10A but no description as to what they are for unlike the footwell,haynes manual no help - have enough to change the whole car now.went to 4 places none had a fuse puller so its fingers & hope dont drop any !
Why do they put fuses in such a ridiculously hard place to get at nearly breaks your back/neck & i am only small :rollin

Agreed - they are a sod to get to!
 
As for the 4 10A\'s in the engine bay = they aren\'t stock - so as Grinder says - ignore them (prob alarm or something)
 
When you next lift the bonnet - take a gander at the long number stamped into the bulkhead/firewall - it it\'s 17 chars long - tis a UK car.

[grinder]

looks like you might need the METER 10A one - as that does the meter what ever that is and the cooling fan ??

[grinder]

or even the CIGAR 10A - as that does the heating controls ?

[peterwolds]

cheers Stu & Dave the meter 1 is the most likely suspect, wouldnt have sussed cigar as being heater but will do as well.
assume the 4x10A are for the clifford alarm.will look at number tonight.
wouldnt like to drive any car without gauges working but a rotary:eek:

[grinder]

the 4 in the engine bay i think were used for a stock alarm system

might be worth looking at what isnt working - and then sus the fuse from there

but you are only checking 2 - so should take you about 30 seconds

open door , kneel on the floor and its easier than trying to do it in the car

or as i did , sit on the seat upside down with your feet on the roof and your head by the pedals .. looks very silly though

[peterwolds]

or as i did , sit on the seat upside down with your feet on the roof and your head by the pedals .. looks very silly though

trying to picture you Stu :Giggle
i did the floor kneeling saturday with a torch resting on a pedal

[grinder]

as you say - they are not in the easiest of positions !!

[peterwolds]

shes a japanese import JMZFC183200202054

[Prof]

Well the fuse is a 10A one, fed via the ignition key and the main 100A fuse.  Stupid manual doesn\'t say what it\'s called - but looks to be labelled X07 - probably \'meters\'.  It will be one of the fuses in the box by the drivers feet.  From the US PDF for body electrical - the fuse is in the centre, 2nd row down from the 2 circuit breakers.
 
The ground for the instrument cluster, for the convertible, appears to come from the left hand side of the cluster - behind the centre console or on the right hand side of it.

[grinder]

shes a japanese import JMZFC183200202054

humm looks like a UK chassis number ?

my JDM one is only about 7 chars long

[grinder]

me again .. just checked my parts cat and its a recognised UK car

its a RX-7

Exterior Colour : SQ
Interior Colour : FD8
Year : 1989

Its a turbo convertable , manual , 5 speed , normal suspension , no ABS ( i think ) , no auto suspension

AND ... it had a production date of 1990 / 08 / 01 - no idea what that means ( it is a 01 Aug or a 8th Jan )

[peterwolds]

humm looks like a UK chassis number ?

my JDM one is only about 7 chars long

Stu think you are right i was expecting the 17 to mean numbers rather than include letters - which including letters comes to 17 - rarer ?