100 series diesel no instruments
Submitted: Monday, Jun 11, 2007 at 16:22
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gidday all, I have a bit of a drama with my cruisers instruments , I have no warning lights , speedo , tacho , fuel gauges ect, the only dash light I get is the door open indication , everything was working fine , vehicle was parked and on restart no instruments , any help in tracing problem would be greatly appreciated
regards ghecko1100
Reply By: jeffwa - Monday, Jun 11, 2007 at 16:55
Monday, Jun 11, 2007 at 16:55
This happened to me once after towing an old furniture trailer around. Turned out for some bizzzare reason the reverse lights on the surf are hooked up to the same fuse as the intruments and dash lights and the old lights on the trailer were drawing too much load.
So my first guess would be try the fuses in the footwell, you shoud be able to remove each one and either
check it with a multimeter, or in most cases you should be able to see if it's blown just by looking at it.
I reckon it's just a fuse.
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Follow Up By: Mal58 - Monday, Jun 11, 2007 at 19:06
Monday, Jun 11, 2007 at 19:06
Hi,
I have a Prado so it might be wired a bit different, but I had the same problem. No instruments, no dash lights. Door lights OK.
Like Jeffwa, it turned out to be a 10A fuse (red one) in the drivers side fuse panel.
I had been towing a trailer where the trailer reversing lights were connected up to the blinkers, too much load and it blew the fuse.
Best of luck fiinding and fixing the problem
Cheers,
Mal58
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Reply By: Steve from Top End Explorer Tours - Monday, Jun 11, 2007 at 18:18
Monday, Jun 11, 2007 at 18:18
There is a 15 amp fuse in the left kick panel in the front, It happened to me a couple of times so I replaced it with a 20 amp fuse and no more problems.
This happened last year.
Cheers Steve.
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Reply By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Monday, Jun 11, 2007 at 18:33
Monday, Jun 11, 2007 at 18:33
Pull the plug in the back of the alternator, clean it up a bit and slip them back in. Hopefully you'll have instruments again. Its a problem thats peculiar to the 100series, I believe.
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