ChicoZLover

You know I had the same crap come up on my smog, I am going to review this thread and see if anything could apply to mine. The other thing they dinged me on is the service light did not come on when the key was turned on, so I have to track that down too... California, man, it is not like we have the cleanest air here anyway...just kidding, gotta do my part, I guess...

bardabe

I smoged my Z just a while back it was not passing because ofteh grounds they toldme that the grounds where bad so theydidnto pass it. my dad told them to fix it. they charged ME 220$ to cut and splice some cheap whires when I could have gotten the Nismo Ground kit on ebay for 20$ any way it sucked I paid for it and then it passed. oh and what do I ned to do. there's a bad conection in my car here's some pictures. what do I need to replace and how uch am I looking @? it was liek this when I bought the Z. forgot to check this out.

b300z

uhhh
wheres the pics?

lightspeed

Spell check!!! Lots of fun info, but very hard to read.

bardabe

sorry had to scan em in Here they are. :doh: This is teh thing on the driverside attached to the firewall

91zxtt

It's hard to tell what I'm looking at in those pictures. What do those wires go to? The connection tabs look awful, so replacing it is a good idea, but what is it? It runs across the firewall. Is that the brake booster under it? I can't think of what wires run up there?

bardabe

:hpydance: Here this is the location of it. it's the pretty big connector. :hpydance:

91zxtt

You got me. I'll have to look at mine.

bardabe

sounds good. Also if you can tell me how this is affectingmycar andhow much I'm lookign @ for repair?

Lucky91647

Good eye. That is the brake booster under it. The wires run left, as you're standing in front of your car, and dive into the body under the passenger side windshield wiper. On the other side they Geronimo down into the nether regions that I can't see, cause I'm at work, but I was curious.

CanyonCarver

Bardabe, looking at my fsm, there's five connectors in that area.

E1 - Front wiper motor - looks like 3 wires
E2 - Brake fluid level switch - 2 wires
E3 - Starter relay - actually 2 - 2 wire connectors
E4 - Front wiper amplifier - looks like 6 wires, the biggest
E48 - Boost sensor turbo - 3 wires, not yours.

so how many wires are on the connector in question?

Lucky91647

6- think we have a winner. Now what would that do if it didn't work? Slow or non-op wipers?

91zxtt

Yep, it the connector E-4 that CC mentioned. That doesn't have jack to do with passing smog. Did the shop you took it to say anything about low air pressure in the tires being a possible culprit as well? Purely coincidental. It probably wasn't hot enough on the 1st test and that's why it failed. I would track down a new 6-pin connector. Get the male and female sides to it. Splice it into each side. Make sure you connect the same colors together. $5.

What problem are we solving?

Rogue93TT

Make sure the next time you go for a smog check that you put a can of high altitude air additive in the tank. Works wonders for cars pushing bad smog readings.

bardabe

I'm gonna replace it either way. justwondering what does that connect to what? or wat dois it do better

bardabe

uhh my whiperswork fine. but just in case like I said. I'll replace it. :doh:

91zxtt

It probably runs back to the wiper controls on the dash. You don't need to take it back that far. Just get rid of the bad connector. If it's the wiper amplifier, then I would think that it controls the speed of the wipers. When it amplifies the power, the speed of the wiper increase.

In case anyone can't tell,...I'm making this up as I go. Truth is,...I have no clue. It has to do with your wipers and nothing to do with smog, so stop hijacking my thread.

CanyonCarver

So where y'at on the car? I'da figured the easy part was getting it apart. Y'ain't said a thing about puttin' er back together. :chug:

91zxtt

I haven't done much. The new EFI harness is in. I'll start again after the holidays. The next stepisreattaching the water tubes that run under the lower plenum and behind the motor. I remember how pissed off I got taking those apart. Putting 'em back together should be even more fun.