Hello all,
I am new to Fj ownership and I much appreciate this forum. I have been looking for answers to my problem but I'm not finding a solution per se. I have a 76 FJ40 with which seems to be the original electrical harness but with some fixups here and there. Last week I took off my top and ambulance doors. The liscence plate lights didn't have a disconnect so I cut them and attached female bullet connectors on the positive wires leading from the body (see pic).
After removing the door and adding the bullet connectors I re-attached the wires just to verify that they work. Mind you, the door was disconnected from the body and just being held for a test. The lights didn't work so I was confused and assumed I must have pulled too hard on the wire, disconnecting something below. I inspected the wiring and nothing was pulled loose. According to the schematics (see picture) it says the wires go to the lights then to a ground. This led me to believe that I should remove the female bullet connectors and just attach the wire to the body???? When I did connect them to the body the front side marker and front parking lights started to work again.
That's one thing I hadn't mentioned. The 15 amp fuse kept blowing and the front parking lights and front side marker lights would come on but very dimly and then the fuse would blow. After having connected the liscence plate wires to the body, they light up like they should have, leading me to believe that I was doing the right thing.
After I thought I had it figured out, I went to adjust the brightness and then they all went back to dim and the 15amp fuse blew again.
I removed the light control switch and cleaned the contacts on the inside in hopes that would fix it. It did not.
In addition to all of this, I can not get the Headlights to work. The weird thing is that I tested the connector that goes to the light control switch to verify that the lights were receiving 12volts, which they were.
So now I don't know what to do. Get a new light control switch? Do I need to track down a short circuit? Any help would be appreciated.
I am new to Fj ownership and I much appreciate this forum. I have been looking for answers to my problem but I'm not finding a solution per se. I have a 76 FJ40 with which seems to be the original electrical harness but with some fixups here and there. Last week I took off my top and ambulance doors. The liscence plate lights didn't have a disconnect so I cut them and attached female bullet connectors on the positive wires leading from the body (see pic).
After removing the door and adding the bullet connectors I re-attached the wires just to verify that they work. Mind you, the door was disconnected from the body and just being held for a test. The lights didn't work so I was confused and assumed I must have pulled too hard on the wire, disconnecting something below. I inspected the wiring and nothing was pulled loose. According to the schematics (see picture) it says the wires go to the lights then to a ground. This led me to believe that I should remove the female bullet connectors and just attach the wire to the body???? When I did connect them to the body the front side marker and front parking lights started to work again.
That's one thing I hadn't mentioned. The 15 amp fuse kept blowing and the front parking lights and front side marker lights would come on but very dimly and then the fuse would blow. After having connected the liscence plate wires to the body, they light up like they should have, leading me to believe that I was doing the right thing.
After I thought I had it figured out, I went to adjust the brightness and then they all went back to dim and the 15amp fuse blew again.
I removed the light control switch and cleaned the contacts on the inside in hopes that would fix it. It did not.
In addition to all of this, I can not get the Headlights to work. The weird thing is that I tested the connector that goes to the light control switch to verify that the lights were receiving 12volts, which they were.
So now I don't know what to do. Get a new light control switch? Do I need to track down a short circuit? Any help would be appreciated.