All the juice in a Roadster, except for starting, runs through the ammeter
and Datsun probably wised up and put a fuse to protect not only the ammeter
but the entire car from a serious meltdown. The early cars do not have a
fuse for the ammeter which is too bad.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: <jon_wissler@pngc.com>
To: "Adam Bradley" <ambradley@yahoo.com>
Cc: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: Distributor Question: Solved
> No extra parts were purchased, just replacements of sensors I had that
> didn't work and which I needed to get anyway. Thanks for all the advice,
> for I did in fact learn something I may be able to use in the future. I
> was shocked about the ignition being fused as well, assuming it was a
> direct hot link. If you look at the fuse box cover, there are boxes on
the
> exterior edges which label which circuites are controlled. Just interior
> to that are longer boxes, one of which is marked IGN (the left side), and
> the other is marked Ammeter. Don't know exactly what the hell that means,
> unless the one side flows throught the ignition circuit while the other
> side is off the voltage regulator/ammeter circuit?? In any event, I have
> my voltage regulator disabled due to the one wire GM alt I put in, but
> everything seems to be working well. Thanks again for your help.
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