Hey all, I took my 87 fj60 for a drive yesterday. No problems starting, it was a 30 min drive, I parked and then went to grab food and came back (gone for about 20 min). I replaced the battery about two weeks ago so no problems there (the car was super dead one morning and a jump/trickle charge did nothing). When I got back to the car I tried to start it up, the car sounded like it was about to start but never did. The battery (charge icon) lit up when I was trying to start it. A guy gave me a jump (which kind of worked, I still had to try and start like 3 times). The guy who gave me a jump said it looks like I have a bad alternator. I have never had a problem with dimming lights or other signs of a bad alternator.
IMPORTANT side note: I am a young guy and new to old cars. Giving it a little gas when starting it up was a foreign concept to me. After a debrief with my dad this was cleared up. After I got it home the next morning it started no problem with a little gas.
Thanks
IMPORTANT side note: I am a young guy and new to old cars. Giving it a little gas when starting it up was a foreign concept to me. After a debrief with my dad this was cleared up. After I got it home the next morning it started no problem with a little gas.
Thanks