johnnyfive Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Cold start on the Perkins with a half chooched starter motor this morning was hard going. My terminal arcing tool started to get a bit hot. Iced seat also sucked. Got in a few good hours of podcasts though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimShadboltfan27 Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Wondering if anyone can give me some ideas, my GS450 recently shat the bed and fried the reg/rec. it drained the battery, would push start ok for a bit then wouldn’t push start at all. The coil runs off the battery so once battery was dead flat nothing it wouldn’t run at all. Replaced the regulator today with a similar model, off a GSX400E Of the same vintage. Same colour connections etc. after fully charging the battery, I started bike up and it blew the main fuse after a few seconds. Lights and ancillaries don’t seem to blow it just when the bike is starting/running. Any ideas on why it might be blowing the fuse? Have checked all the immediate earths and everything is secure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 What is the state of the alternator and battery since the reg/rec shit itself? One of the three failing can cause the others to fail also. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 It's a common problem for old Suzukis, on my old Kat I had to have the alternator rewound and most of the others I had got new reg/recs after having charging issues. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimShadboltfan27 Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 14 minutes ago, kicker said: What is the state of the alternator and battery since the reg/rec shit itself? One of the three failing can cause the others to fail also. battery was drained and i charged it back up, reading healthy voltage. also sounded fine when it cranked today so i think its doing its job. think stator could potentially be chooched eh, i will run a multimeter over this new reg/rec tomorrow to confirm its still ok, and then probably check the stator. its weird that a stator would blow the fuse instantly tho, could it be shorting out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 It's a bit of a lame forum but this info is good https://www.thegsresources.com/statorpapers.php 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snorkpipe Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Huge numbers of old japanese bikes had poor connections between the phases of the stator and the reg/rec. Probably worth checking too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajg193 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 U660e transmission. Do these have any issues? My flatmate has a car with one that has 511,000 km on it and wants to give it a service. Does it have a filter that needs doing too, or just a case of dump the old fluid at 40C, and fill it up with new stuff and get it to just dripping out the overflow tube at idle/40C? Car currently works perfectly but has unknown servicing history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Is it a camry? That was the first youtube video that came up with I looked up that gearbag. Funnily enough a transmission fluid check/change video. Looks like a job to have someone else do lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kws Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 That video is mostly correct (i install the 24mm before starting, and level it down to a fine trickle, less coming out than on the video before installing drain plug). Have serviced a few of those, just make sure you check the trans temp via obd2. At work we would do a basic flush by filling and draining a couple of times, running it through the gears between drops before doing the final fill and using the overflow tube to level it. Not sure about filter, have never had to do one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllTorque Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Good advice above. There is a filter. It should be a steel mesh type that can be cleaned. Not usually changed for a Toyota Trans Service, but we don’t see a lot of them over 500k. It probably is worth taking the pan off and giving it a clean up. Make sure you use the correct fluid. Recently there has been a shortage of Toyota Genuine WS atf and we have been told to use Dexron VI. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kws Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Yeah we use synthetic Dexron 6 as recommended by Caltex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajg193 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Thanks guys Another question about the same car (2009 Aurion), have you ever encountered the heater only working on the passenger side? Always blows cold on drivers side (face, foot, defog) I guess it is the air mix servo motor that is buggered? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllTorque Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Yep, you got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajg193 Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Servo moves and the gear is fully engaged (big tooth in right place etc). Maybe the door has come off the shaft inside the box or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 2012 Transit custom, a few niggles such as trip meter resetting each day. Radio stopped working last week so I did some digging. It runs dual batteries and I've found that one runs accessories and the other is starter battery. Both are joined while starting, so using both. Finally got around to removing drivers seat to get to them. One is on 8-9v, so that solves that question. However, for now I have just swapped them around. Radio working again as accessories now running off the good battery. Can anyone see an issue with just rolling like this for now? Will do my homework on battery replacement. But my theory is that it will run fine as it's only during starting the now did battery is used. I just want some sounds till I get new batteries. Lost radio a couple of weeks ago. It has a stupidly overbuilt starter, will having less start up power do any damage to said starter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 I needed some 20x20 box steel and bought some but it measures only 19x19mm, I cot a cople other sizes and they are also way off, is there a place in auckland that sells better quality? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 How cold is it in your shed, might need to warm it up a little to account for shrinkage. Chinese sourced box section? Try some NZ made. Ironmaiden claims to have better stock 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 26 minutes ago, tortron said: How cold is it in your shed, might need to warm it up a little to account for shrinkage. Chinese sourced box section? Try some NZ made. Ironmaiden claims to have better stock Is that a steel shop? i cannot find it, I went to steel cuts witch has fuck all thees days. all the box is horrible, big daggy welds and the sides are concave corners are too rounded and the size is way off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 They have a TradeMe account called ironmaiden, store in Manukau I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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