dash clock cooking????

Joined: 27 Apr 2008 Location: Banks Peninsula, NZ

Hi everyone
Newbie from NZ here with a 91 GQ Safari TD42 (24 volt).

Something strange is happening with my factory standard dash clock - those wee silver buttons that change the hour, minute and reset are getting extremely hot...basically to the touch it is like holding your hand under a hot tap (there is also that burning smell that happens). So i've removed the dash facia and unplugged it until I can find out what the prob is.
(I found that the original clock cooked itself when I put this second hand one in so something is not right somewhere).

There has been no serious wiring changes lately either and i'm not sure where the wiring for the clock starts. Anyone got any ideas please?

cheers.

Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:39 am

Is it a grey import?

Has something been changed?

What about the elec system, is it 24V and the clocks are 12V?

Joined: 27 Dec 2006 Location: Sunshine Coast Qld

v6hilux wrote:

What about the elec system, is it 24V and the clocks are 12V?

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Joined: 27 Apr 2008 Location: Banks Peninsula, NZ

small changes, the 24v/12v dc converter has been moved from the floorpan to under the dash because of the river crossings I do. Clock is 24v as is most things except added radios which run off the converter.
not sure what you mean by a 'grey import'?

Joined: 21 Oct 2005 Location: virginia, brisbane

safaris are grey imports in australia, ie only small amounts are imported second hand, same as in NZ.

is the second clock you put in definately a 24v unit and not out of a 12v GQ?

Joined: 27 Apr 2008 Location: Banks Peninsula, NZ

yep def 24v.
We have the grey ones, some are red over silver, some are brown over white but mostly black over silver here, Nissan Japan must have had heaps of surplus paint i think. Might have to get an auto sparky to look at it...obviously something isn't right somewhere.

Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Location: Hobart

twodiffs wrote:

yep def 24v.
We have the grey ones, some are red over silver, some are brown over white but mostly black over silver here, Nissan Japan must have had heaps of surplus paint i think. Might have to get an auto sparky to look at it...obviously something isn't right somewhere.

by grey import he means that they are not bought in by nissan and sold by them, but are imported by private brokers and then resold thru them. you will not get a new nissan safari in aus or NZ because they are all imports.

regardless of colour....

Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 4:48 pm

Dodgy Bro Imports!