Thread: Some advice on wiring etc on 4wd vehicle

If there is a sticker in japanese, probably on the rear outside of the paj, it is a winter pack. This can be of several specs. It can mean two batteries, bigger alternator, better insulation, heated mirrors and heater in the bottom of the windscreen
Yours could have some or all of these if you have that sticker.
There are cheap as wiring kits for lightbars with switches and relays etc.
The one I got 4 years ago with the light bar, was a simple on/off. Lead off the battery and switch stuck to the dash.
I thought that was wrong as normal driving lights had to off or only come on when high beam is on, so I bridged a power wire out of the high beam wire at the plug.
Now you can the same loom that plugs In there and does it easy peasy. 30 bucks probably, not worth buying the bits unless you have them of course.
I can still turn it off independently
Always get a warrant but yes it seems to depend on the garage.
Just to be a downer, if it's done over 200k, there is the potential to do a head gasket, and if you are in there do the timing chain.
BUT first up, if you dont know history, do the waterpump, stat and at least get the radiator cleaned possibly replaced and flush the bejeebus out of the cooling circuit