"We have a not-so-small problem! Well, maybe it's small, depending on who you ask
We bought a Land Cruiser from 2000, 4.2 v6, 24v diesel, originating from Bulgaria, some time ago. We were hoping that, using the knowledge available on the Internet, we would be able to revive it, but unfortunately, it's not that simple, and we would like to ask you, as a community, for help. The Toyota starts and was driving, but the suspension warning light was on, and there was no possibility to control the suspension, so we replaced all the shock absorbers with new original ones in place of the old damaged ones. Then we tried to fill the entire system with fluid; the pump briefly works and pumps hydraulic fluid, most likely to 1 distributor, but the fluid does not reach the shock absorbers. We concluded that to fill the system, we need to invoke some functions on the computer, but here a problem arose! Specifically, we can't find the OBD2 diagnostic connector anywhere, which should be located near the internal fuse box or in the lower area of the steering column, but unfortunately, it's not there! Another idea was to read the errors from the "diagnostic" connector located on the left side of the engine compartment, but as shown in the attached photos, the connector does not have a plate in the Te1 pin, and checking the errors according to many guides is not possible. After consulting with a more experienced person, we made a short circuit between pins E1 and TC, and indeed the engine light blinked, the first time it was 1 blink, the second time 3, and the third time 9. Unfortunately, no guide or collection of codes contains information about such an error... We have taken the car apart quite a bit in order to find the OBD2 connector, but unfortunately without success. What else can we do according to you? How to read the errors or maybe connect the OBD2 ourselves? Or maybe this car is a composite, and the body is from a different year than the rest? How do you see it, and what would you advise, as we are already at our wits' end?"
