First of all, this is a continuation of this writeup...
https://forum.ih8mud.com/60-series-wagons/110746-high-beam-lights-fixed-finally.html
I followed screwbirds directions and it worked perfectly. Most of you cruiser guru's probably won't need this but this might help those new to landcruisers or working on cars in general.
So the symptoms that led to this fix were basically not having high beams. If I pulled back on the stalk they worked but not if pushed forward to the HI position. Obviously a bad connection somewhere.
First things first:
Hopefully this solved your problem and didn't cost you $200! All it cost was a little bit of emory cloth, an hour of your time, and the shameful fact that a dog used you as a penis coozie.
https://forum.ih8mud.com/60-series-wagons/110746-high-beam-lights-fixed-finally.html
I followed screwbirds directions and it worked perfectly. Most of you cruiser guru's probably won't need this but this might help those new to landcruisers or working on cars in general.
So the symptoms that led to this fix were basically not having high beams. If I pulled back on the stalk they worked but not if pushed forward to the HI position. Obviously a bad connection somewhere.
First things first:
- Grab a beer. You don't need more than one as this will only take you about 45mins to an hour.
- Remove steering wheel. 3 phillips screws on the back of the wheel and one 19mm nut holding it to the steering shaft. You can rent a steering wheel puller to pop it off the spline.
- Remove the combination switch assembly. There are 4 phillips screws at the four corners. At this point you should be looking at this.
- Now remove the 2 phillips screws and plastic clip holding all of the green wires. Cut the ziptie ('zap strap' for all you canucks
) and pull the green wires out of the way - Now remove the 3 phillips screws holding the red wires to the block assembly. When you remove the plastic cover you should see all sorts of copper contact points. Clean these up with emory cloth or 600+ grit sandpaper.
- There is a little plunger that makes contact with the stalk through a little hole. If you look down in there it's probably filled with 25+ years of gunk, dust, and mush. Stick a small screwdriver or something similar down there and scrape away all of the crud.
- Blow everything out with compressed air. Clean up any other contact points you see so you don't have to do this for another 25+ years.
- Look down promptly at your neighbor's dog humping your leg. Then proceed to be concerned at the fact that your neighbor has no regard and almost a strange sense of satisfaction that his dog is bestowing his genital leavings upon your boot. And then audibly sigh in discontent.
- Reassemble everything everything with a new zip tie at the bundle of wires. Put everything back in the truck and test it out.
Hopefully this solved your problem and didn't cost you $200! All it cost was a little bit of emory cloth, an hour of your time, and the shameful fact that a dog used you as a penis coozie.
