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Stock up on brake fluid you are going to need it. I go with the gatorade bottle bleed method and it works well.
 
ZackR said:
Stock up on brake fluid you are going to need it. I go with the gatorade bottle bleed method and it works well.
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ha. The LSPV is on its second or third Quart and still blowing bubbles so I got kicked out of the house I’m eating dinner in the garage in the grubbies
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How are you bleeding? Pressure from the res, pumping by the peddle or sucking from each point? If you are sucking you can pull air through the bleeder and it seems like the air is from the line. If you are pumping then long clear tube up high will let you get most of the air out. You need help or a board to hold the peddle down before you tighten the bleeder. If you are pushing from the res then you can push air out all 5 bleeders but the abs will still keep it soft until you actuate it on each side. Sometimes a couple of times.
 
clx16 said:
How are you bleeding? Pressure from the res, pumping by the peddle or sucking from each point? If you are sucking you can pull air through the bleeder and it seems like the air is from the line. If you are pumping then long clear tube up high will let you get most of the air out. You need help or a board to hold the peddle down before you tighten the bleeder. If you are pushing from the res then you can push air out all 5 bleeders but the abs will still keep it soft until you actuate it on each side. Sometimes a couple of times.
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I'm doing the bottle method, clear line is above the bleeder. I wrapped the bleeders with T tape to prevent suck in. How do I active the ABS? I get a very stiff peddle with key off, the to the floor with engine on.
 
Pin_Head said:
I just took a look at the FSM page BR-58. You can activate the 3 solenoid valves and run the pump motor on the ABS actuator by disconnecting the two plugs at the actuator. Then you connect pins 1, 3 and 4 on the 6 position plug (wire colors light blue, light blue with green stripe, light blue with red stripe) of the actuator side to ground. Connect pin 1 of the 4 position plug (white with black stripe) to ground. Then connect pins 3 and 4 of the 4 position plug (black, red stripe, black, blue stripe) to battery voltage. The FSM implies that you don't want to run it this way for more than 15 sec.
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This way? Might be more than I have in me tonight :zilla::poop:
 
Take a drive along a road with a gravel shoulder, put a couple of wheels on the gravel and hit the brakes fairly hard. Might have to do this a couple of times with bleeding in between
 
AussieHJCruza said:
Take a drive along a road with a gravel shoulder, put a couple of wheels on the gravel and hit the brakes fairly hard. Might have to do this a couple of times with bleeding in between
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My preferred method.
 
AussieHJCruza said:
Take a drive along a road with a gravel shoulder, put a couple of wheels on the gravel and hit the brakes fairly hard. Might have to do this a couple of times with bleeding in between
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I like this plan....I just need to find a dirt patch without getting on the highway!
 
I am a genius....just went out, got in the rig to go find some dirt. No seat belts, and the headliner is still down, and one tire is off :flush:. Not feeling too smart!

.....at the risk of violating the code of mud, can a shop do this? work week starting up, and if I'm gonna get on the road to mojave on Friday, that might be my only option.
 
Not a violation but if you do take it in. I think only a toyota shop can activate the abs the factory way.
 
Back from the stealership with a clean bill of health. They power flushed and bleed the master. 2 diff tech and the foreman drove it. All good. A little cash out the door, but my wife has piece of mind that I’m not a total Banana.

they asked me if I was friends with the overland bound guy. I guess he brings his 80 there...lol

the guy checking me in was causally asking if I wanted to sell. Ended up being a good guy, he has a 88 four runner and was into the work I did, did a rig walk around with him. Laughing at me with all the interior trim hanging everywhere. Said he could spot a real LC guy a mile away.
 
Now the new Sony H/U.

I paid up for the pre-wired bypass harness from crutchfield, as I knew I'd not have time to deal with that.

Plugged in new and:
1) One little light on the ATT button comes on, on the headunit.
2) if I leave the neg terminal attached to battery I can hear the speakers pop on when I plug the harness in
2) The antenna cycles up and down the whole time when the key is in, and the harness is in.

Checked:
2 fuse 10amp cig and 10amp Dome
Checked the sony 10amp.

On the harness.
I get 12.34 volts from Yellow always on
and 11.84 volts on red when key on (is this enough to power the unit)


Crutchfield tech had me jump a power direct to the headunit through leads in the harness on my bench, but that blew the fuse in the head unit...Could have done it wrong, might try again...had to buy a mess of the micro 10amp fuses/

Not sure what else to check at this point.
 
Not sure what harness adapter you ended up with but the metra unit I have was pretty easy. I had to wire it in but it wasn't difficult.

Any photos?
 
ZackR said:
Not sure what harness adapter you ended up with but the metra unit I have was pretty easy. I had to wire it in but it wasn't difficult.

Any photos?
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will send later....just found out after messing around for 30 mins. Safety restore sent me someone else's Rear passenger Seat belt, versus MY PASSENGER FRONT! Aggghhhhh....will post that on the main
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thread later.
 
I can't tell by the photo how the harness was connected. I think the 40ths had the amp like the LX450s so this might help LX450 Stereo wiring - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/lx450-stereo-wiring.938277 this is THE thread for lx450 stereo wiring with most people bypassing the factory amp. As i understand it though, there are some 97s that managed to not have to bypass it with no noise etc. I have a 96 LX450 so as much as i tried it made noise and i bypassed (no rugrates as they say).

in the future i recommend you wire them yourself as it is very easy 15 min job and is mostly, just match color for color on the wires. It also makes the rest easier to understand and you have the option to not connect somethings....
 
I seem recall popping fuses if you use the antenna wire on the harness from them or deck. It's been over 10yrs though, so memory is fuzzy.
 
retrofive said:
I seem recall popping fuses if you use the antenna wire on the harness from them or deck. It's been over 10yrs though, so memory is fuzzy.
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So should I try snipping the antenna wire on their harness? I don’t think any fuses blew, but will double check. If it gets me on the road. 🚀
clx16 said:
in the future i recommend you wire them yourself as it is very easy 15 min job and is mostly, just match color for color on the wires. It also makes the rest easier to understand and you have the option to not connect somethings....
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I ordered all those harness bits, but not going to arrive before my trip on Friday. Oh well. 🤪
Thanks all.
 
HardyDanger said:
So should I try snipping the antenna wire on their harness? I don’t think any fuses blew, but will double check. If it gets me on the road. 🚀

I ordered all those harness bits, but not going to arrive before my trip on Friday. Oh well. 🤪
Thanks all.
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You could or just "de-pin" it, It would be whichever is labeled ANT or something close to that.
 
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