Thread: TOYOTA TROUBLE please help us

I'm guessing that on the uderside of it there will be like a spring wire thing from memery...

Originally Posted by banjo

I'm guessing that on the uderside of it there will be like a spring wire thing from memery...

Yep, that's the ballast resistor.

FWIW Have you wire brushed the battery terminals and cleaned the inside of the + & - screw clamps ? Was wondering if you might also have a dry joint contributing to the problem...just a thought. Also, when you do a jump start, are you connecting the negative lead from the donor battery to a solid ground point on the Toyo, NOT the neg on the Toyo battery... just asking...

Originally Posted by Hoges

FWIW Have you wire brushed the battery terminals and cleaned the inside of the + & - screw clamps ? Was wondering if you might also have a dry joint contributing to the problem...just a thought. Also, when you do a jump start, are you connecting the negative lead from the donor battery to a solid ground point on the Toyo, NOT the neg on the Toyo battery... just asking...

Hi hoges yep did all that thanks ..

Well i decided to check the rovers battery today its charging at 13.7 to 13.75
at the battery.But the alternator it is charging at 14.3 i think the loss is because i have long leads as the battery's are right up the back it the toolboxs on each side..So that my car..
Now i went & put the alternator back in fatty's car & hooked it all back up still the same ish..well i thought i would play with the voltage regulator i had nothing to lose.so i jump stated it & off i went a playing around with the thing..WELL it is the regulator thats stuffed ,havent been able to find one as yet fatty's going into town tomorrow cause a shop in there mite be able to match it & order one overnight.



the copper coil in the pic is the problem the gap is to large at the top so i bent the top things a bit & it seems to be charging some ,not at the right amount.At idle its around the 12.9 ish but when we rev it a bit it goes upto 13.2 ish maybe a tad more.....AND its starting without a jump & fatty just went down to aldi & back & said is ok same as it used to be ..SO i will be looking for reg & it should all be good after a new one is in..
THANKS everyone....

Jason, try Ashdowns for a reg, but I'd be making sure that's the problem before forking out the dollars.

Yeah i am pretty sure its the reg.it only make a differance in the charge volts when i play with the reg .I have checked everything else .Plus the battery seems to be holding a charge now & we dont need to jump start it now..The auto sparky fatty went to this mornin seems to think its the reg after she told him what was going on & what had happend........

Well that was $85 well spent got the new voltage regulator & put it in & hey presto ****ing nothing happend still only charging at 11.68 ....BUT yesterday when i was playing with the old reg it made a differance only just but it did.I have checked everything from the reg to the alternator seems fine had the alternator tested & was fine..I have no idea but i am now very ****ed off cause it seems not to be the reg today....maybe tomorrow it will be something else..