Hey there...many issues PLEASE HELP.

[240SpoochSX]

Ok so i bought an s14 240sx with a s13 sr20det in it from a guy. It didnt start from key either had to jump it or push start it. Whoever did a swap did a POOR wiring job. Anyway.

I changed the alternator put a new one in. It started and ran golden and all that jazz :D :D well. When she got hot shed start bogging down and then wouldnt start when she got hot.. Fail safe with the CTS i suppose? Also seemed that the water pump wasnt pushing coolant changed that now it. Well I drove her to work before i changed the water pump cuz i knew it would get hot and wouldnt start so i wouldnt play with it. Let it sit before i drove it. Well when i was leaving bbefore lunch Started up turned around and also i have to drive up on a curb for my works parking spot (stupid military) anyway and when i came off of the curb and took off it was jerking really bad and all my gauges climate control windows blinkers stopped working. EVERYTHING. Now i noticed that my main ground on the NEW alternator was rubbing on the power stearing line i believe thats what it is....anyway. When i charge up the battery from another car and jump my car off she runs fine obviously this only happened a couple times when i rev up the car everything turns on as if they are magically getting power. Now recently when trying to diagnose issues nothing comes on anymore. Car also dies after i remove jumper cables obviously cuz it drained the battery and it also dies when i remove the power cable from battery (a test to see if alternator is gone) but ITS BRAND NEW with no spill or anything on it

Ive been searching that maybe i blew an alternator fuze. Idk where the hell this is. Please help i really want my car working and running fine i go back home to NY in a month and a half and i need a working car.

[ultimateirving]

So it sounds definitely like your CTS is going/gone out, Based on the symptoms descbribed after warm up. CTS is easy fix less then $30 @vatozone.

Second sounds like the alternator isnt charging anything. I had an issue where a shop forgot to reconnect the line on my alternator. I jump started the car and started driving home but my car died like as i got to my street and I was thinking "WTF YO, this shop didnt fix sh*t." I tried to drive like this for about 1-2miles then had to push it home.

Then I found out how stupid they are and hooked up the wire(stopped going to that shop-obvi), since i had been trying to drive it on the lawnmower battery it was toast and wouldnt hold a charge anymore.
To fix it i bought an optima redtop, relocated battery to the trunk, no more charging problems.

[240SpoochSX]

hmm but i didt have this issue. The car drove and charged the battery fine for the day and a half after replacing alternator. Drove it a couple times back in forth from my barracks to work and right before lunch when i went to leave bouncing off the curb or w.e i think the piping right next to the ground terminal on the alternator rubbed and did something cuz it started jerking really hard and nothing working i got it back to a parking spot said fuck you car and left it for a day. Next day i turn the key just to the on position and nothing works except the head lights :( sad face. sooo i jump the car off... she starts up fine i let it sit for a few minutes rev it up a lil bit and everything turned on...stayed on then when i hooked the cables let it sit there it started to lose power as if it was draining the battery then it would just die..and then nothing came on again except head lights..


idk where the 75 amp fusible link is.. and im no where near my car till tomorrow to look for it

[ultimateirving]

I see what you mean, i thought it was losing power ever since you replaced the alternator. I interpreted your initial post incorrectly.
It definitely sounds like the fuse could be blown.
Have you revisited the 3 alternator cables since said "bump"?
I am not sure where the fuse is for the alt never had to replace/check it

[240SpoochSX]

yea i noticed the small one was loose...tightened it. pretty sure fuse is gone