Hicas Removal And Heavy Steering - Should Be An Easy Fix

[slip]

I've read through so many threads on HICAS removal/heavy steering, and found no solid answers. Not cool.

R32 GTR - There is a BR,B,BR/Y (for those that don't know wiring diagrams - 3 pin plug with Brown/Black/Brown+Yellow strip wires) plug that goes to the HICAS solenoid in the engine bay, below the plenum. Black goes to ground circuit, other 2 go to HICAS computer. Page 795 of PDF service manual, top left, W-5 diagram. I've since ripped the HICAS solenoid etc out - This is the only change to the sensors/HICAS wiring since the lock bar went in and everything was normalish.

So: How do I wire it so the HICAS computer still thinks the solenoid is there and not blow the HICAS ecu up or anything undesirable?

As far as I can tell, this is the only change that would be affecting the HICAS computer, when the lock bar was installed everything worked as usual. Actually, the steering used to go between slightly heavier/light at low speeds depending on which way the wind was blowing, but anyway... Now it's doing the usual proper heavy/nice and light thing.

Good times.

[heller44]

Looking through the diagrams I thought you might be onto something.

Went outside, multimeter in hand. Each coil measures at ~4.8Ω Only problem with throwing a 4.7Ω resistor in for each coil is that if it is driven continuously, then it would need to dissipate 30w each, or there abouts.

Maybe a higher value can be used instead without the hicas module freaking.. hopefully the window of tolerance for the solenoid driver circuit is wide.