Recent content by Boreas

It seems you are right. Although my battery terminals/posts looked clean with no corrosion, I went after them with my wire brush cleaner again. I did notite the "split" POS terminal seemed to be copper with a zinc plating that has worn off. The copper was a little green, so I worked on that a...

Here we go again with no-starts. Yesterday I was starting some body work on the Runner (with the windows open) when the doors inexplicably started locking themselves. So I took the key fob out of my pocket and set it aside. They locked again after a minute or so. The doors kept locking about...

Yes - the cause was a poor connection in the fuse holder causing excessive draw when the subwoofer turned on at the same time the START circuit was engaged. With the stereo off, the car started fine. But with the stereo on, the draw from the sub caused the computer to "fail-safe" and shut down...

My first thought was that because I had been playing the stereo for a while, I had run the battery down and wasn't getting proper voltage. I have a good battery load tester that showed the battery to be in good shape. Regardless, I charged to battery to full charge make sure that wasn't the...

Well, I hope passing on this incident will help non-start troubleshooting. Don't just check your battery connections, but check all high-draw connections.

Does anyone have knowledge of how the computer senses this stuff and what the thresholds are for tripping the ECM off?

I installed an under-seat powered sub using output/speaker level for input and auto-on switching. Install went well and unit played fine with car not running. I was concerned the Boss inline fuse at the battery terminal was not as tight as possible (8 ga wire seemed closer to 10 ga), but was not...

UPDATE: Somehow the driver's drain got clogged again during a deluge. Apparently 3 other drains aren't enough. Even sitting level, I was getting water coming in along the driver's SIDE of the sunroof - not so much by the windshield. Upon troubleshooting, I found the water was actually entering...

Great write-up! Just bought a 2002 and a similar project is in its future.

That's a pretty expensive book to buy in order to get information on how to adjust these headlights. I wish I had that kinda money to spend on one. I was finally able to grossly adjust mine, but it was still pretty difficult getting the 10mm wrench in place on the bottom adjusters. Luckily, I...

I finally figured out my sunroof leak and the fix wasn't too hard. First, many people don't realize the seals on the glass are NOT designed to keep water out. This is why there are 4 drains - one per corner. I flushed my drains, and had good flow, but still was getting leaks at the front...

I finally figured out my sunroof leak and the fix wasn't too hard. First, many people don't realize the seals on the glass are NOT designed to keep water out. This is why there are 4 drains - one per corner. I flushed my drains, and had good flow, but still was getting leaks at the front...

I finally figured out my sunroof leak and the fix wasn't too hard. First, many people don't realize the seals on the glass are NOT designed to keep water out. This is why there are 4 drains - one per corner. I flushed my drains, and had good flow, but still was getting leaks at the front...

I finally figured out my sunroof leak and the fix wasn't too hard. First, many people don't realize the seals on the glass are NOT designed to keep water out. This is why there are 4 drains - one per corner. I flushed my drains, and had good flow, but still was getting leaks at the front...

I finally figured out my sunroof leak and the fix wasn't too hard. First, many people don't realize the seals on the glass are NOT designed to keep water out. This is why there are 4 drains - one per corner. I flushed my drains, and had good flow, but still was getting leaks at the front...