Hello dear Landcruiser enthusiasts!
I'm 19 years old and just got to learning how to drive.
My father has bestowed upon me this beautiful beast of a machine that he also uses for hes day to day activities on our property and getting around the area.
A HJ61LG-MXW!
Now as the title suggests I'd like to get into some basic to intermediate tinkering with this car... Since it does have a few issues my dad doesn't have the patience for to fix.
You see, I've always had an affinity for taking things apart, fixing them here and there and putting them back correctly. I have done some bicycle mechanics and consider myself quite handy with mechanical components. I'm also patient and don't start smashing or forcing things when they don't seem to work. Ofcourse a bicycle's complexity pales in comparison to a freakin' car... I've watched some car build series and do seem genuinely interested into some maintenance on cars.
So with the backstory out of the way I'll get to my questions.
The car has 2 main electrical issues.
-The batteries don't charge while the car is running.
-The lights don't work
The car starts up fine and all the fuses are ok, so we're thinking it's just some bad wiring connections somewhere in the car. Or maybe the alternator is broken.
Today I opened up the hood and just stared around in the engine bay a bit and just not knowing where to begin.
(Well the first step into any electrical work is to disconnect the battery right?)
We've dug around a bit and found the correct service manuals with the correct wiring diagrams in a readable resolution.
Now my experience with electric work is non-existent. I know of the basic concept that electricity must be a closed loop and your hot connections, negative connections and ground.
I have a multimeter around here that I know how to work with to read currents and continuity between connections.
So I don't really know where to even start beginning to find a possible bad wire connection or diagnose a alternator in the belly of this beast... Deciphering the wiring diagram onto the real world things is quite a mess with everything being surrounded by wire harnesses...
If anyone has any input, links or resources for a newbie getting into tinkering and repairing there own Landcruiser we'd really really appreciate it.
Thank you very much!
I'm 19 years old and just got to learning how to drive.
My father has bestowed upon me this beautiful beast of a machine that he also uses for hes day to day activities on our property and getting around the area.
A HJ61LG-MXW!
Now as the title suggests I'd like to get into some basic to intermediate tinkering with this car... Since it does have a few issues my dad doesn't have the patience for to fix.
You see, I've always had an affinity for taking things apart, fixing them here and there and putting them back correctly. I have done some bicycle mechanics and consider myself quite handy with mechanical components. I'm also patient and don't start smashing or forcing things when they don't seem to work. Ofcourse a bicycle's complexity pales in comparison to a freakin' car... I've watched some car build series and do seem genuinely interested into some maintenance on cars.
So with the backstory out of the way I'll get to my questions.
The car has 2 main electrical issues.
-The batteries don't charge while the car is running.
-The lights don't work
The car starts up fine and all the fuses are ok, so we're thinking it's just some bad wiring connections somewhere in the car. Or maybe the alternator is broken.
Today I opened up the hood and just stared around in the engine bay a bit and just not knowing where to begin.
(Well the first step into any electrical work is to disconnect the battery right?)
We've dug around a bit and found the correct service manuals with the correct wiring diagrams in a readable resolution.
Now my experience with electric work is non-existent. I know of the basic concept that electricity must be a closed loop and your hot connections, negative connections and ground.
I have a multimeter around here that I know how to work with to read currents and continuity between connections.
So I don't really know where to even start beginning to find a possible bad wire connection or diagnose a alternator in the belly of this beast... Deciphering the wiring diagram onto the real world things is quite a mess with everything being surrounded by wire harnesses...
If anyone has any input, links or resources for a newbie getting into tinkering and repairing there own Landcruiser we'd really really appreciate it.
Thank you very much!