OLD SCHOOL CRUISIN’

SOME REPAIRS AND MODERN UPGRADES FOR MATT’S OLD LANDCRUISER

THE Cruiser sat idle through most of last winter with an electrical gremlin. I parked it after a day out driving in the hills and when I went to start it again, both batteries were dead. I fitted another battery and found that once running it was charging at 18.5 to 19 volts. It had a new Terrain Tamer alternator fitted earlier in the year, so that shouldn’t have been the problem. I went to the regulator and adjusted it to be charging at a more sensible 14 volts. It was all good for a week but then it started charging at more than 18 volts again, so I readjusted the regulator and it was good again … for a few days, before shooting back up again. The more I looked into…

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4x4 Magazine Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2024

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