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Sorry. I meant that the ignition on/off acts as it should. The lights do not turn on when the fuse is out

first test, I unplugged each light individually, and it behaves as it should, but if I plug them both in it does the weirdness described above. When I remove the headlight fuse, it behave as it should.

Not sure if you have these or not, but if you can find the '76 version, it may be of some significant help.

Most recently I replaced voltage regulator and ignition switch , replaced a point to point wire to overcome a short between the voltage reg and alternator

Hang with me on this explanation. [ignition off] Lights turn on and off fine [ignition ON] running lights turn on, but headlights do not [lights switched ON, ignition ON/running] turn key to off position.. truck does NOT shut off, until I...

When ever I have my amp meter go down to negative out of the blue it has always been a problem with the white w/blue tracer off the alternator… start tracking back and see if it is corroded/failing at any point on that wire…. Mine was a bad...

The starter is brand new, as well as the main wire, going from it to the battery. I took off the fuse block and looked at it last week, everything looks intact, just old. All of the wiring going to it seem to be in decent shape, given its age.

Good grief.. I'm so confused. So, right after I replied, I went out, double checked that the new OEM switch was plugged in all the way.. and it cranked right up. At first I thought, "maybe it wasn't seated fully in the female part of the plug"...

Yes, that's the only thing I've tried since yesterday. OEM switch does the same thing.

Actually no. No fuse blew but when I turn the key the only thing that happens is that the ammeter drops down into the - range. I guess there's another short somewhere? I haven't started digging yet, out of frustration :)

Well, I thought everything was fixed, but yesterday I drove it somewhere and came back to leave and the ignition system was doing the same thing. I was able to pop the clutch and get it started to drive home, but now I'm back to square one :/

Correct, no stripe. It MIGHT have been the link but I replaced it with one just to be sure 👍🏻

Yeah that’s what I had added to the new wire. I’m going to keep an eye on it

Ok, so I went to check the battery voltage (12.4 btw) and either the new F wire came loose, or I forgot to plug it into the alternator (unlikely but possible.) I plugged it in, cranked and the ammeter is reading 👍🏼 I'm going to keep an eye on...

I do have a Haynes, it's been super helpful. This is not the original alternator but the battery is brand new and the voltage regulator is brand new(ly remanufactured)

UPDATE: I think it's fixed! I tracked down a short in the wire (F) leading from the voltage regulator to the alternator. I ran a new wire (capping off both ends of the old one) and at the same time adding a fusible link back into the system at...

That’s a great info and I’ll be starting the testing tomorrow. To be clear, those pictures above were not mine

I'm looking to find someone with more knowledge than me (I basically have none) plus, just anyone else locally interested in Land Cruisers :)

Ok, I've learned a little more but it's led to another question. I used a multimeter to figure out which wires where which, traced them back to the alternator. The previous owner (who replaced the alt.) had wires going into E and N (even has N...

Ok, this may be a dumb question but it dawned on me that maybe I was reading this backwards when I swapped the wires on my new regulator. This picture of the plug layout is supposed to be if you were looking at the end of the plug that's...

Ordered (with an extra link). Thanks for the URL. Now back to tracking down my gremlin...

Hmmm, well, maybe I don't have one then. That's a place to start. Thanks!

I don't remember that conversation and can't find it, but glad to see the tracking number show up this morning. Thanks.

Hmm, it SEEMS fine, but I'll need to look again. Maybe I missed something. If the fusible link was blown, nothing would be getting power though, correct? everything else seems to be working fine (lights , etc)