1975 Datsun 280z FSM - Spooled up Racing

CIGARETTE LIGHTER
DESCRIPTION
The cigarette lighter consists of
lighter, housing, housing cover, and
illumination lamp.
The housing is secured on instrument
panel 'by housing cover. A fuse is
added at the bottom of housing. When
pushed into housing, lighter is retained
by nails in housing and gets continuity
through heater coil at end of lighter.
When heater is warmed enough, the
bi-metal nail frees lighter. Lighter then
pops out by spring back, and breaks its
continuity.
Body Electrical System
4. Remove retaining nut at bottom
of cigarette lighter.
Housing and housing cover can then
be taken out from instrument panel.
5. Installation is in the reverse sequence
of removal.
Illumination lamp
1. Remove tachometer referring to
page BE-38 for Removal.
2. Disconnect lead wires for illumination
lamp at a connector.
3. Remove illumination lamp retaining
screw and take out lamp assembly
through the hole in which tachometer
is installed.
INSPECTION
Test continuity of whole system
with test lamp or ohmmeter, referring
to cigarette lighter circuit diagram.
ILLUMINATION BULB
REPLACEMENT
1. Remove tachometer referring to
page BE-38 for Removal.
2. Pull out socket with bulb from
housing. Refer to Figure BE-118.
3. Remove bulb from socket.
4. Install new bulb and assemble in
the reverse sequence of removal.
Bulb wattage:
Cigarette lighter illumination
bulb 3.4W
Fiber scope for cigarette lighter illuminator
1
2
3
4
5
Lighter
Escutcheon
Housing
Fuse
Spacer
6 Cover
7 Fiber scope for
illumination
8 Retaining nut
BE149A
Fig. BE-117 Cigarette lighter
REMOVAL AND
INSTALLATION
Cigarette lighter
1. Remove battery ground cable.
2. Remove lighter from housing.
3. Disconnect two lead wires for
cigarette lighter at connectors and the
fiber scope at illumination lamp housing
by twisting fiber scope.
Note: It is recommended that tachometer
be removed prior to this
step.
It is easy to remove and install
cigarette lighter and illumination
lamp through the hole in which
tachometer is installed.
BE150A
Fig. BE-118 Illumination lamp
BE-69