Hi All,
I am a prado novice!
I bought a 90 series 2001 GXL recently and have had some weird things happen in my Prado.
Firstly when I was driving the Prado back from Canberra where I bought her, she shut down when I went to turn the headlights on. This happened a few times ad everytime we pulled over I had to jiggle the main battery and the system would come back to life.
Well I took all leads off the batteries and cleaned the posts and terminals, and then put a piece of timber under the main battery and tightened it all back up.
It fixed it for about 2 weeks and it is happeneing again.
Now when I apply the breaks or turn the indicators on the radio shorts out for a few seconds.
There is a thin red wire running from the battery which seems to be causing the issue but I am not too sure.
I will be taking it to HyTech in Alexandria for its first full service since I have owned it and will be getting a full diagnostic report at the same time.
Do you think it might just be the leads that need attention, or should I be more concerned.
I am also a bit scared on the cost of the service as I wanted to purchase a fridge/freezer, inverter, and roof racks, as I thought they would be the most improtant accessories first, oh and a winch and recovery kit too.
Any advice would be great.
Cheers,
kb
I am a prado novice!
I bought a 90 series 2001 GXL recently and have had some weird things happen in my Prado.
Firstly when I was driving the Prado back from Canberra where I bought her, she shut down when I went to turn the headlights on. This happened a few times ad everytime we pulled over I had to jiggle the main battery and the system would come back to life.
Well I took all leads off the batteries and cleaned the posts and terminals, and then put a piece of timber under the main battery and tightened it all back up.
It fixed it for about 2 weeks and it is happeneing again.
Now when I apply the breaks or turn the indicators on the radio shorts out for a few seconds.
There is a thin red wire running from the battery which seems to be causing the issue but I am not too sure.
I will be taking it to HyTech in Alexandria for its first full service since I have owned it and will be getting a full diagnostic report at the same time.
Do you think it might just be the leads that need attention, or should I be more concerned.
I am also a bit scared on the cost of the service as I wanted to purchase a fridge/freezer, inverter, and roof racks, as I thought they would be the most improtant accessories first, oh and a winch and recovery kit too.
Any advice would be great.
Cheers,
kb
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