need the name of a part...rather simple but im a noob

[minusind]

alright i got an s14 and just today it started actin weird

[Razi]

Okay.And?What happened next?

[samxini]

Mis-fire?

[Samurai C]

step 1. remove radiator cap.

step 2. replace everything under radiator cap.

step 3. replace radiator cap.

car should be good after that.

[minusind]

sorry bout that first post...hit enter by accidentwell anyway today i hopped in and it took a while to turn overwhen it did start nothing worked except for the headlightsi drive for a little while and everything then turns on i pull over, pop the hood, and that red connector that connects to one of the battery terminals is meltingwhats the name of that and what do you think is wrong?

[nissan_star]

Mis-fire?

lol, I think your brain misfired. Or you just forgot the rest of the post...

[AZ89two4Tsx]

^ A battery cable? lol.

[minusind]

no its that metal connector with the red casingim pretty sure it leads to the starter and what not

[ashibah83]

battery terminal........

really????? are you that car illiterate?

dont mean to sound likean a$$ but typically (from what ive seen) 240's are cars meant to be worked on, so you better read up,.....and good luck

but it could be a bad connection at the battery due to corrosion or being loose, or a corroded power wire causing excessive heat in the wire

[minusind]

i think i know wtf a battery terminal isim talkin about a very specific red connector not a terminal, not a cableive never seen it on any other car

[ashibah83]

ok i know what your talkin bout now,and if i remember correcty it has a white wire connected to it, its just a connector that nissan happened to use with a pastic cover just cut it off and replace it with regular wire and connect it to the battery you should be fine

[minusind]

its on the positive cable/terminal

[2projects2many]

That is all made onto the battery cable. You will have to order one from Nissan- I think they run around $145, or you can "rig" it up with a new terminal and some soldering.

[minusind]

theres the metal piece that is screwed onto the terminaland the red female connector, that plastic connector is melted onto the metal partso best bet is to cut them both off and juss wire it straight to the terminal?

[Onizuka]

pictures with little red arrows always helps in a situation like this.

[Amtk240]

Congratulations on successfully cramming out 6 (FREE) posts so far while you were trying to spit out your "1" car part in question.

Why didn't I think of that?

[SirSilvia]

this thread make my head hurt >.<'

[squonk]

I had a similar circumstance minus the whole melting part... In my case a fuse was blown and power would only turn on after I touched the gas. So start the car, nothing will work not stereo or anything hit the gas see what turns on *in park* now every time you drive and hit the brake you should notice that **** will turn back off.. If this is your problem on top of the melting issue, go under your hood and check fuses. Goodluck!