Ok I got in the truck last night and turned the ignition it started turning over and then went dead. No lights ignition nothing. The battery is charged and I can cross over the starter and it turns. All fuses are good in fuse box....please help.
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bj40green
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Check your fusible link. It's the little wire (approx.3 inches) that comes from the + Battery stud.
Maybe bad contact, maybe burned up, maybe...... check it out.
Rudi
Maybe bad contact, maybe burned up, maybe...... check it out.
Rudi
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Could I have fried the voltage reg or ignition switch?
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No fusible link wired!!!!
Check the big white wire from the battery for bad connections. Does anything else work, like the horn, headlights, hazards? If so, then the problem is more likely at or after the ignition switch.
The voltage regulator is not relevant to this problem.
Knowing what year it is could be useful.
The voltage regulator is not relevant to this problem.
Knowing what year it is could be useful.
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'65 fj40 nothing works but I can jump the starter. No blown fuses
Are you sure you don't have a fusible link between the battery + post and the wire harness on the passenger fender well?
If a fusible link is bad, or the connections, from the fusible link, to the battery and/or harness are bad, nothing would work when you turn the key.
This sounds like what you are describing
If a fusible link is bad, or the connections, from the fusible link, to the battery and/or harness are bad, nothing would work when you turn the key.
This sounds like what you are describing
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No fusible link Im sure. What could I have burnt up.....possibilities?
Hiya, pull out the wiring diagram, a multimeter, and start from the battery back to the ignition switch. If you have power going into the fuse box, then you know it's between the fuses and the switch. If there's no power to the fuse box, work back to the battery.
Listen to what pinhead posts up. He & others who've dealt with cruiser electrical know these systems in and out. Good luck. These wiring systems are not super hard, but they have their own quirks.
Best, ty
Listen to what pinhead posts up. He & others who've dealt with cruiser electrical know these systems in and out. Good luck. These wiring systems are not super hard, but they have their own quirks.
Best, ty
What works and what doesn't will tell you a lot.
If NOTHING works, it's very close to the battery. Likely a fusible link or the battery positive wire that doesn't run to the starter.
If the headlights work but other items that only are energized when the ignition is on don't, like the wipers and voltage at the coil, then it may be the ignition switch.
If NOTHING works, it's very close to the battery. Likely a fusible link or the battery positive wire that doesn't run to the starter.
If the headlights work but other items that only are energized when the ignition is on don't, like the wipers and voltage at the coil, then it may be the ignition switch.
Check the big white wire that connects to the end of the battery cable at the starter motor. This the main chassis power feed. Follow this wire checking connections to where it connects to the amp meter, ignition switch and fuse block.
