Hello everybody,
I just became a member on this site. I'm into Landcruisers for years but I was only intersted in the 70 series. I never thought this day would come but today I've bought a 2002 Landcruiser 80 Autana. The car looks great and has only 4 spots of rust on the roof ,some small spots on the body near the rear wheels and only 129k km's. The interior is also in good condition and everything works. Compared to things I've see this car is in great condition. I live in Aruba and alsmost all cruisers are heavily rusted. The car has a 3 inch OME liftkit and a winchbumper with a 12000 pound Warn winch, extra lights in the back and front, 2 big Lightforce lamps, nice alloy rims with mickey Thompson tires, OME steering damper, recently tinted windows and last but not least a snorkel. The coolest thing of all,.. I only paid 4750 usd!! There is one catch, I couldn't make a testdrive because the engine runs only for a few seconds....
The previous owner lost his only key and so he brought the car to a local locksmith. This cruiser works with an immobilizer. They fixed a key and he could drive the car. The next day he found the original key
Within days the problem with the engine occured and he just abbandoned the car. I've been told this guy had the car for only two weeks, strange story.
When I came to check the car out I could see it was standing there for a while. I placed a battery but it didn't start. A broken wire was the problem. Now I know this is a wire from the fuse link. When hold to the + the engine started instantly but died after a few seconds. They told me that something is wrong with the immobilizer. The strange thing is that I can start te engine with both keys. I'm not conficed that the immobilizer is the problem.
Ive read about the fuse link so I checked the wires and it's a big mess. I googled an image of a brand new fuse link and I noticed that one wire has a connector. I don't have this wire. There is a thick wire that is connected to the harnass without the original connectors. The two other wires are sort of burned to eachother. I've pulled the plastic and tape off and now I of sort have two wires The engine runs one or two seconds longer and than stops.
I'm pretty sure I can't buy a new fuse link in Aruba. It will take atleast a week before I can have it so let's make it two weeks. Now I'm thinking "what if the fuse link isn't the problem?" If I send my immobilizer for re-mapping I'm sure it works correctly. If I don't send the immobilizer it will save me 300 usd, money that I can use for other parts. What do you guys thinks that the wisest thing to do? Is it possible aswell that they damaged the immobilizer?
Thanks in advance
I just became a member on this site. I'm into Landcruisers for years but I was only intersted in the 70 series. I never thought this day would come but today I've bought a 2002 Landcruiser 80 Autana. The car looks great and has only 4 spots of rust on the roof ,some small spots on the body near the rear wheels and only 129k km's. The interior is also in good condition and everything works. Compared to things I've see this car is in great condition. I live in Aruba and alsmost all cruisers are heavily rusted. The car has a 3 inch OME liftkit and a winchbumper with a 12000 pound Warn winch, extra lights in the back and front, 2 big Lightforce lamps, nice alloy rims with mickey Thompson tires, OME steering damper, recently tinted windows and last but not least a snorkel. The coolest thing of all,.. I only paid 4750 usd!! There is one catch, I couldn't make a testdrive because the engine runs only for a few seconds....
The previous owner lost his only key and so he brought the car to a local locksmith. This cruiser works with an immobilizer. They fixed a key and he could drive the car. The next day he found the original key
Within days the problem with the engine occured and he just abbandoned the car. I've been told this guy had the car for only two weeks, strange story.When I came to check the car out I could see it was standing there for a while. I placed a battery but it didn't start. A broken wire was the problem. Now I know this is a wire from the fuse link. When hold to the + the engine started instantly but died after a few seconds. They told me that something is wrong with the immobilizer. The strange thing is that I can start te engine with both keys. I'm not conficed that the immobilizer is the problem.
Ive read about the fuse link so I checked the wires and it's a big mess. I googled an image of a brand new fuse link and I noticed that one wire has a connector. I don't have this wire. There is a thick wire that is connected to the harnass without the original connectors. The two other wires are sort of burned to eachother. I've pulled the plastic and tape off and now I of sort have two wires
The engine runs one or two seconds longer and than stops.I'm pretty sure I can't buy a new fuse link in Aruba. It will take atleast a week before I can have it so let's make it two weeks. Now I'm thinking "what if the fuse link isn't the problem?" If I send my immobilizer for re-mapping I'm sure it works correctly. If I don't send the immobilizer it will save me 300 usd, money that I can use for other parts. What do you guys thinks that the wisest thing to do? Is it possible aswell that they damaged the immobilizer?
Thanks in advance
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