Recent content by achris

Hi All, A friend has just bought a 2006 Sahara. Lovely car, not a lot of work required. It does have one issue. A rattling noise, coming from the area forward of the AC controls, when the key is switched to IGN, and then the same noise when the air cond temp is adjusted to the lowest setting...

One thing to consider for 'rattles and bumps', is engine mounts. I replaced mine (not a difficult job) and it's like a new car again.

Added a solenoid to isolate the batteries when the engine isn't running. Saves batteries, saves alternators. When the key gets turned ON, the solenoid picks. When the key gets turned OFF, the solenoid drops. No more batteries flattening each other (and taking the alternator out with them).

My nozzles are a bit naff, so I ordered (non-genuine) replacements. After fitting one this morning I used compressed air to blow the original one clean. I noticed if I blew through one of the discharge jets, air would only come out of the other discharge jet. Thinking it might have been blocked...

Hi All, See thread title. Anyone know anything about this? Chris...

Update. Unit installed into a small project box with a 1m wire tail (for troubleshooting, if necessary) I used a small 'adapter' made from Toyota flasher relay plug and socket. I ended up removing the driver's seat to make it a bit more comfortable to get at the flasher relay connector...

Update on this flasher project.... As you know the code is done (for the testbench unit). I've built the signal conditioning board and installed the Arduino. That's all tested on the bench too. I've found a business that supplies Toyota connector shells and the pins. I have flasher harness...

If you pull the stalk towards you (the washer function), as well as starting to squirt water on the screen, it also gives you 2 wipes. If you just pull the stalk for a second, you get almost no squirt, but the 2 wipes are initiated, and will run.

Thanks for that, but with shipping and currency conversion, that's $200, and I'm building mine for a fraction of that. Chris...

OE brakes are more than adequate for stopping. The 'weak link' in the braking system isn't the rotors, the calipers or ever the pads. It's the tyres. Do this test. Drive at about 30km/hr and jump on the brake pedal as hard and as fast as you can, use both feet! What happens? The tyres begin to...

Hi all, Just a project I'm working on. For those who don't know what 'comfort blinkers' are.... They are a circuit in the flasher system that will flash a prescribed number of times after the indicator stalk is just flicked on briefly. The stalk returns to the 'neutral' position but the...

BIG LIGHTS! 9" King 'Lethal' LED spots. Man, I can see the road again! :) Main beam (take notice of the street light centre top of the picture. Watch how much the camera stops down with each succession of the photos) High beam (no spots) Now the spotlights!

Wait until you start trying to do anything with the electrical system! Toyota didn't think switching the positive was a good idea (unlike just about EVERY other manufacturer!), so most devices are 'hot' powered, and switch ground. Makes adding (or even just diagnosing) a fun exercise. Chris......

Dual batteries doesn't necessarily mean 24v. I have dual batteries (all the 1HD-FTE engines do) but it's still a 12v system, the batteries are in parallel, not series. Chris.....

Usually when I get so far into the weeds that nothing makes sense anymore, I back out, un-install everything, reboot the computer and make sure it's clean and all the folders the new software had created have been delete. Then I start again. Your screenshots show it as the V8 petrol engine. Is...