Nissan Sentra Service Manual: Filament
Inspection and Repair
Inspection
- When measuring voltage, wrap tin foil around the top of the negative probe. Then press the foil against the wire with your finger.
- Attach probe circuit tester (in Volt range) to middle portion of each filament.
- If a filament is burned out, circuit tester registers 0 or battery voltage.
- To locate burned out point, move probe to left and right along filament.
Test needle will swing abruptly when probe passes the point.
Repair
Repair equipment
- Conductive silver composition (dupont no. 4817 Or equivalent)
- Ruler 30 cm (11.8 In) long
- Drawing pen
- Heat gun
- Alcohol
- Cloth
Repairing procedure
- Wipe broken heat wire and its surrounding area clean with a cloth dampened in alcohol.
- Apply a small amount of conductive silver composition to tip of drawing pen.
Note:
Shake silver composition container before use.
- Place ruler on glass along broken line. Deposit conductive silver composition on break with drawing pen. Slightly overlap existing heat wire on both sides [preferably 5 mm (0.20 in)] of the break.
- After repair has been completed, check repaired wire for continuity.
This check should be conducted 10 minutes after silver composition is deposited.
Caution:
Do not touch repaired area while test is being conducted.
- Apply a constant stream of hot air directly to the repaired area for approximately 20 minutes with a heat gun. A minimum distance of 3 cm (1.2 In) should be kept between repaired area and hot air outlet.
Note:
If a heat gun is not available, let the repaired area dry for 24 hours.
Condenser
Removal and installation
Removal
Remove the rear pillar finisher. Refer to INT-29, "REAR PILLAR FINISHER
: Removal and Installation".
Disconnect the harness connectors (1), remove ...
Other materials:
Door locks/unlocks precaution
Do not push the door handle request switch
with the Intelligent Key held in your hand as
illustrated. The close distance to the door
handle will cause the Intelligent Key system
to have difficulty recognizing that the Intelligent
Key is outside the vehicle.
After locking with the ...
Installing top tether strap
WARNINGChild restraint anchorages are designed
to withstand only those loads imposed by
correctly fitted child restraints. Under no
circumstances are they to be used to attach
adult seat belts, or other items or
equipment to the vehicle. Doing so could
damage the child r ...
A-bag branch line circuit
Diagnosis procedure
Warning:
Always observe the following items for preventing accidental
activation.
Before servicing, turn ignition switch off, disconnect battery
negative terminal, and wait 3 minutes
or more. (To discharge backup capacitor.)
Never use unspecified tester or other me ...
