electrical

Recently, I purchased a 2008 LandCruiser for the purpose of towing our family airstream. It did not come with a wiring harness, so I purchased the hopkins plug in harness for the factory tow package. It has a 7 way and a 4 flat as well. Install was simple enough, few bolts and two plugs that go...

I got two electrical connectors with no switch, wondering if anyone knows where these go and what is their purpose?

Hello, I've been looking around both the lighting and auxiliary power threads and didn't seem to find any information, I understand that information may not be here on MUD. I am looking at learning more/teaching myself how to wire a car appropriately for accessories: winch, lights, maybe a...

Hey gang. I'm completely in over my head on the electrical with this 94 fj80. Previous owner installed deep cycle battery system with relay switch to power Engel fridge. He told me a previous battery had caused some electrical issues but it had been straightened out. Everything seemed fine...

Purchased a 2005 LX470 about 6 weeks ago and it has been great. It has 60,000 miles and all of the scheduled work had been done at Lexus dealer. I haven't done much in the way of mods yet, but I have done a couple and I am worried one of the mods has had a pretty negative effect. To date, I...

I had some electrical gremlins start up this past winter. First issue was the rear wiper running of its own accord. This happened in a snow storm, and has continued any time there is precipitation. Friday night on the way home from work, heavy rain, I had the taillight, brake light, and turn...

I also posted this in the 24V Diesel area Yesterday I was watching a student fly his RC electric plane. He plugged his battery charger into my re-wired-for-12V cig lighter. The 12V radio came on. I wondered how either of these devices could be working because I have a 24-12V converter that...

Drove through 2 feet of water quickly and since then have had various electrical issues. Last thing we worked on was running a diagnostic test. Couldn't get any readings back off the ODB sensor. My buddy the Toyota tech said it might be ECU. Got a new (used) ECU and placed it in. Now, when...

here we go again. This week end - I thought, instead of just fixing some broken part of the Fj - that I would add a functional upgrade, in the form of sound. I found the NOAM n4 speaker, and micro marine amp, with just a simple aux in port. Nothing fancy, just plug the phone in and get some...

Hey all, I've been reading the forums on this site for a while now, but this is my first post. I'm a complete noob to owning 2 FJ80s, and I need some help. For the backstory, see below. To jump ahead to my issue, scroll to the paragraph that starts: "Then I realized I made a mistake." I...

The other day I replaced my battery and battery cables with the kit from fourrunner. While replacing the cables I noticed that the previous owner had cut out the fusible link and had the red, black and white alt wire directly wired in using a wire nut. I cut that out and ran a ten gauge wire...

I have a project that I am interested in pursuing and would like to bat it around with an electrical engineer. Land Cruiser related.

Last night I swapped the positive batt lead, no issues. This morning my kid says fuse box came loose, some sparks, but truck restarted. Now, no power - he has just left to get a new multimeter (mine just died). Looking for ideas as to fault. Lights don't work, newer Batt (and no change w jump)...

That's it. I called the dealer and they don't sell them. Where can I get a tool to remove the pins from the Toyota connectors without damaging the connectors?

Hey Folks, Seem to have a bit of an electrical gremlin going on. Drove her into work today, my radio kept cutting out, then coming back on. This is a symptom it seems. On the way home at night, it did the same thing, except with the dash lights getting super bright. It happens more frequently...

I recieved my ewd this week, holy crap this is nice i don't know how i made it through life without it.

Anyone have experience with a headlight issue on the FZJ80s? I melted a relay last week, lost all headlights. New relay blew out in less than a day of driving. What areas should I be looking for as far as fixing the issue and what could be causing this? In the meantime I have to jump my...

Hi all, First off, let me just say thanks for the community here. I just picked my my first Land Cruiser (1988 FJ62), and the forums here have been great place to read, learn, and even helped solved some of my problems so far (locating and verifying engine timing!). But I'm posting today...

hazards works fine. Left blinkers worked fine. Right blinkers inoperable. Checked grounds. Seemed all good. Ordered and installed new turn signal switch assy. Now turn blinkers on left and right work one time and quit. The only thing I have done is remove both tail lights to install new oem...

Ok ok i don't know much about electrical systems. Cruiser was running fine. Then turned it off. Turn the key to start it...nothing. no power at all. No gauges, no lights, it's as if the key wasn't even in the ignition. 2 hours later try again. Turn key cranks right up. It starts...