wilburk

Found a post that goes more into depth on coils (in a z24) and may help your quest:
http://www.nissanforums.com/truck-su...ransistor.html

Also, here's the detailed, albeit rather confusing, diagram from the fsm for your truck. How to test coils, etc.

dbsoundman

Thanks guys! I do have the Haynes, just haven't gotten a chance to check it out yet. That FSM page is sort of helpful, but it is definitely confusing...

I may check the movement of the accelerator pedal and cable as well, I've wondered about that too since sometimes when the engine is up at higher RPMs and I take my foot off the gas and put in the clutch, the engine revs still stay high for a second, and slowly come down. I have come to expect the revs to pretty much immediately react and come down under those circumstances.

wilburk

FSM page is confusing, and doesn't list ohm tolerances.

I'd definitely check pedal and cable--an easy thing to do and there's another similar post and the guy is lubricating the throttle cable.

dbsoundman

I think I isolated part of the problem today. I was doing some city driving, meaning I was using the clutch more than usual. After a while, I found that I just could NOT get a smooth start in 1st. I did some test starts in the neighborhood and found that it seemed like the clutch was engaging sooner than it should, and rather suddenly, as if I just totally took my foot off the pedal. I have noticed the friction point seems a bit further in than I'm used to from my Ford probe long ago, but this seems to be more than that. Is it possible my clutch cable is stretched or otherwise messed up? How do I go about fixing it? I haven't read the FSM or Haynes yet but I didn't know if you all had suggestions or thoughts...

dbsoundman

OK, so I think this is half operator error (I'm still getting used to clutching), and half mechanical issues...check out what I found today when I looked at the accelerator pedal and cable under the dash:



There's about 1/2" of play in the accelerator cable, between where the pedal goes out and the cable is actually pulled out. I also noticed I could push down the cable right by the throttle without actually moving the throttle at all. Is my cable stretched out or something? How can fix that? I did put some spray lube around the cable entrance by the accelerator pedal but it didn't change anything.

I did adjust the clutch today as well, I could push the pedal in 1-2" before it would actuate before, now I have it closer to spec, I only push the clutch pedal down 1/2" or less before it starts moving the clutch. Something else to get used to while driving, but it does feel better, the friction point was REALLY close to the floor before...

yellowrosefarm

No clutch cable. There is a clutch master cylinder and a clutch slave cylinder. Maybe the master is low on fluid and you have some air in there.

dbsoundman

Yeah, I had a *duh* moment when I posted that one...need to look in my Haynes manual so I can check those tomorrow.

rogoman

There's an adjusting nut at the end of the throttle cable next to the throttle body.

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