1975 Datsun 280z FSM - Spooled up Racing

Bulb replacement
Pull out socket, with bulb, from
back of tachometer and extract bulb
from socket.
Install new bulb in reverse sequence
of removal.
Bulb wattage:
Turn signal pilot lamp ... 3.4W
Illumination lamp 3.4W
SPEEDOMETER
Speedometer is attached by two
screws.
Main beam indicator lamp, brake
warning lamp, an odometer and a
tripmeter are integral parts of speedometer.
On manual transmission
models, a speed switch with amplifier
is added.
Consequently, speedometer on
manual transmission models is
different from that on automatic
transmission models. All bulbs on
speedometer can be replaced easily.
Body Electrical System
Removal and installation
1. Remove tachometer as described
previously.
2. Disconnect speedometer cable at
junction screw on back of meter.
3. Through hole in which tachometer
is installed, disconnect trip meter
reset cable.
Note: Reset cable can be removed
from speedometer by loosening a
small screw.
1 Tripmeter reset
cable
2 Retaining screw BE 113A
Fig. BE-61
Removing reset cable
4. Remove screw retaining speedometer.
See following figure.
BE114A
Fig. BE-62 Removing screw—1
5. Working from beneath instrument
panel, remove other screw retaining
tachometer to bracket of instrument
panel.
And disconnect lead wire for resistor
at a connector.
Connector
BE100A
Fig. BE-63 Removing screw—2
1 Main beam warning lamp
2 Illumination lamp
3 Trip counter reset cable
4 Illumination lamp
5 Brake warning lamp
To resistor
To instrument harness
Fig. BE-60
BE112A
Speedometer
t
BE-39