Greetings,
I am new to this community and just fulfilled my childhood dream of having a project car. 80 series Diesel LC (JDM).
I grew up in Kenya, East Africa where the road conditions are not that great. The ideal car to have is an AWD Subaru (Safari Rally culture) and Toyotas/Nissans as they were readily available and of course extremely reliable.
Current residence is in Texas (Dallas area).
I purchased 2 LCs from the auction in Japan through Japan Car Direct and recently took delivery in Freeport, TX. Pics are attached below.
There is a click with no crank issue with the grey one. This started after I connected a spare battery with opposite polarity on the terminals.
Things I've tried:
- Inspected and replaced all blown fuses (ignition one blew and one other in the box inside on the driver side that I can't recall exactly).
- Replaced both batteries with a fully charged set (from working truck) and also swapped the starter relay and still no luck.
- Tried swapping the HEAD fuse from the Green truck and there is still no crank. Green one took the other HEAD fuse and worked just fine.
All I hear is a click upon turning the key on ignition.
I don't have much experience working on cars and wanted this to be my first DIY project.
I've found a manual for the HD-T model and tried using the diagnostics for no start from there (Batteries, fusible links, starter relay).
Someone told me the fusible link might be shot, from what I understand it has 3 nodes (a,b,c). (a) goes into a connection point. (b) goes into another connection point labelled "BATTERY B+", (c) Goes into the fuse box under the hood and has power because the horn, headlights etc work.
I'm assuming this being a 24V start, its not getting the juice from the secondary battery and that is what is causing the click. I'm not sure if I should go ahead with trying to replace the fusible link? what would be the steps to do that without damaging existing components. Found some youtube videos but nothing exact to what I'm seeing under the hood.
The source of the click is unknown to me (been trying to diagnose it myself and its hard to listen while trying to turn the key inside cabin), it could be the starter or another relay that I still have to discover.
Any help diagnosing and fixing this would be greatly appreciated !
Thank you
Vince Jabbal
!
I am new to this community and just fulfilled my childhood dream of having a project car. 80 series Diesel LC (JDM).
I grew up in Kenya, East Africa where the road conditions are not that great. The ideal car to have is an AWD Subaru (Safari Rally culture) and Toyotas/Nissans as they were readily available and of course extremely reliable.
Current residence is in Texas (Dallas area).
I purchased 2 LCs from the auction in Japan through Japan Car Direct and recently took delivery in Freeport, TX. Pics are attached below.
There is a click with no crank issue with the grey one. This started after I connected a spare battery with opposite polarity on the terminals.
Things I've tried:
- Inspected and replaced all blown fuses (ignition one blew and one other in the box inside on the driver side that I can't recall exactly).
- Replaced both batteries with a fully charged set (from working truck) and also swapped the starter relay and still no luck.
- Tried swapping the HEAD fuse from the Green truck and there is still no crank. Green one took the other HEAD fuse and worked just fine.
All I hear is a click upon turning the key on ignition.
I don't have much experience working on cars and wanted this to be my first DIY project.
I've found a manual for the HD-T model and tried using the diagnostics for no start from there (Batteries, fusible links, starter relay).
Someone told me the fusible link might be shot, from what I understand it has 3 nodes (a,b,c). (a) goes into a connection point. (b) goes into another connection point labelled "BATTERY B+", (c) Goes into the fuse box under the hood and has power because the horn, headlights etc work.
I'm assuming this being a 24V start, its not getting the juice from the secondary battery and that is what is causing the click. I'm not sure if I should go ahead with trying to replace the fusible link? what would be the steps to do that without damaging existing components. Found some youtube videos but nothing exact to what I'm seeing under the hood.
The source of the click is unknown to me (been trying to diagnose it myself and its hard to listen while trying to turn the key inside cabin), it could be the starter or another relay that I still have to discover.
Any help diagnosing and fixing this would be greatly appreciated !
Thank you
Vince Jabbal
!
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