I have a Hilux 2.8 D 1989 4x4 with an electrical problem. This occurred while driving. First indication of a problem was loss of indicators and No Charge light came on. Drove it straight home fearing that if I turned it off it wouldn't start...proved to be true. I have checked fuses in the drivers side kick-panel, fuses & links in the engine bay, wiring loom visually, un-plugged and re-plugged wiring loom connections, wriggled everything I can find, all whilst having the key on and wipers, indicators etc turned on in case I got a flicker of something working. Here is what is (Y) & isn't (N) working:-
Hazard Y Horn Y Head/l Y Dome/l Y Fuel cut-off relay Y (audible click) Glow relay Y (audible click)
Tail/l N Parkers N Wipers N Temp/G N Brake/l N Heat/fan N Starter motor N
And the NO Charge light stays ON (at least it did when I could start it :-)
I have looked at the wiring loom that attaches to the ignition switch and found that the W-R wire is live, but the W is dead. The W wire takes power to the ignition switch from the battery via the 60 Amp fuse-link, so I tried to pull the link out to check it and it was really tight, end result... I busted it. Only got the plastic case & a bit of stretched copper link. The 80 Amp link for the Glow Plugs is next to it and also can't be removed.
Is there a trick to getting these links out?
Am I looking in the right area to solve this proble