I just had to share...
I finally had a chance to do some trouble shooting on my 1990 Prado SX5 Cruiser today.
Removed the 3 bolts holding the Head Light washer tank to the truck.
Undid the electrical connection.
Hooked up a "12 Volt 30 Amp power supply" to the washer motor connector Nothing.. checked output of power supply OH YEH!!
she is hot..
OK .. removed Head Light Washer tank motor/pump assembly from truck.
Diss-assembled pump/motor from tank removed pump from motor.
Turned shaft.....Turned shaft again.
What a sound. Crunchy sound and feel..
Pump motor shot..
For laughs took pump motor apart as I know that some are repairable.. This one was at one time repairable but was well past any hope of doing any repaires..
This motor was a perminent magnet motor. I guess it has been in the truck for 16years as it looks original.. The magnets were totally disintigrated and the armature was rusted beyond help..
The brushes though looked fine..(go figure)
So to find a replacement.
Most of the numbers on this motor/pump assembly were gone before I started to work on it..
3 lines of numbers and every one with numbers missing..
Now for a cool one Cheers Everyone!!!
For MORE, PLEASE see post #3

I finally had a chance to do some trouble shooting on my 1990 Prado SX5 Cruiser today.
Removed the 3 bolts holding the Head Light washer tank to the truck.
Undid the electrical connection.
Hooked up a "12 Volt 30 Amp power supply" to the washer motor connector Nothing.. checked output of power supply OH YEH!!


OK .. removed Head Light Washer tank motor/pump assembly from truck.
Diss-assembled pump/motor from tank removed pump from motor.
Turned shaft.....Turned shaft again.
What a sound. Crunchy sound and feel..
Pump motor shot..

For laughs took pump motor apart as I know that some are repairable.. This one was at one time repairable but was well past any hope of doing any repaires..
This motor was a perminent magnet motor. I guess it has been in the truck for 16years as it looks original.. The magnets were totally disintigrated and the armature was rusted beyond help..
The brushes though looked fine..(go figure)
So to find a replacement.

Most of the numbers on this motor/pump assembly were gone before I started to work on it..
3 lines of numbers and every one with numbers missing..

Now for a cool one Cheers Everyone!!!

For MORE, PLEASE see post #3
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