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On the dash in the HJ60 series is a "filter" light.

Can anyone tell me if this is the warning light to the water sensor unit bolted to the inside chassis rail below the rear driver side door??? It has been disconnected on my rig and replaced with a higher volume "Holley Blue" pump to get the correct PSI to feed the V8 donk.

This light is now constantly on.. I'm thinking it's just maybe shorting out somewhere????

Trace the old wiring to the filter. They shouldnt be joined.(otherwise closed circuit , light on...)

Sixty wrote:Trace the old wiring to the filter. They shouldnt be joined.(otherwise closed circuit , light on...)

Traced the wires from where it comes in under the drivers seat, across to the passenger side just infront of the seat, then under the sill cover.... up into a loom that goes ???? into the dash somewhere.

So I pulled the speedo/tacho/ etc cluster off... so bloody hard to trace cause they all go into plugs and there's that many damn wires.. .. thinkin I might just get the auto elec to look at it...

Nah mate, at the spot where the old filter used to be. Are the wires taped together or taped individually?

Sixty wrote:Nah mate, at the spot where the old filter used to be. Are the wires taped together or taped individually?

Nup, the wires still have the original plug on the end, so can't see how they'd be connected... but will double check that in the morning. Thanks.

do you still have a water trap ?
cause h2o and diesel feul systems dont match

sorry Im stuck in this post I HATE PUTERS

I have 2 lights for filters.

One is the air filter pressure differentiation light for clogged air filters and the other one is for the sedimenter (water trap under the chassis rail).

I believe in the earlier 60's, the filter light was wired to both. Not sure on this though.

Other than that, i guess there has to be a short.

Although, when i was having charging problems, my filter light used to come on with various other lights. Turned out to be a crook regulator.

carts wrote:I have 2 lights for filters.

One is the air filter pressure differentiation light for clogged air filters and the other one is for the sedimenter (water trap under the chassis rail).

I believe in the earlier 60's, the filter light was wired to both. Not sure on this though.

Other than that, i guess there has to be a short.

Although, when i was having charging problems, my filter light used to come on with various other lights. Turned out to be a crook regulator.

Which regulator was this??? After the filter light came on, I noticed one of the wires to the Alternator was melted. I cut the old connector off and put a new one on... no probs now, but the light is still on. Think the prob might be this regulator that you're talking about.

brighty wrote:

carts wrote:I have 2 lights for filters.

One is the air filter pressure differentiation light for clogged air filters and the other one is for the sedimenter (water trap under the chassis rail).

I believe in the earlier 60's, the filter light was wired to both. Not sure on this though.

Other than that, i guess there has to be a short.

Although, when i was having charging problems, my filter light used to come on with various other lights. Turned out to be a crook regulator.

Which regulator was this??? After the filter light came on, I noticed one of the wires to the Alternator was melted. I cut the old connector off and put a new one on... no probs now, but the light is still on. Think the prob might be this regulator that you're talking about.

This is the voltage regulator that bolts to the inside of the front passenger quarter panel, next to the radiator overflow bottle.

hey carts,

thanks for your help mate.... was indeed the voltage regulator. I took the good one off my other 60 to check it and the light went out. So picked one up from the wreckers this morning. PROBLEM SOLVED!!!!

Cheers.

No probs mate. Thats what this board is all about.

Instead of starting a new topic, i thought id tac onto this one...

Can anyone tell me about the water sensor unit? Just wondering what it does and how i can test its actually working. Took mine out today and emptied the filthy rusty coloured fuel out of it and noticed that one of the wires coming out of it had broken off. So i have fixed it all up but still have my doubts weather its working or not. My FILTER light comes on when the ignition is turned on, then goes off once car has been started, but it still does this even when the wires are not hooked up.

Any thoughts/suggestions?

Thanks
Vanz.

vanzbrown wrote:Instead of starting a new topic, i thought id tac onto this one...

Can anyone tell me about the water sensor unit? Just wondering what it does and how i can test its actually working. Took mine out today and emptied the filthy rusty coloured fuel out of it and noticed that one of the wires coming out of it had broken off. So i have fixed it all up but still have my doubts weather its working or not. My FILTER light comes on when the ignition is turned on, then goes off once car has been started, but it still does this even when the wires are not hooked up.

Any thoughts/suggestions?

Thanks
Vanz.

i think it has a float on it, which will raise when the level of water in it becomes too much, thus completing a circut. you could pull that out, push the float up and check for continutity on the wires.

I had to replace the water trap on mine due to a leak. the one i picked up had a different plug on it, so it isn't connected. i just drain it when i do the other fuel filter, and probably will pull it right out and clean it out when the motor starts cutting out again.

Yeah, im just gunna go with the drain option as well every time i do the fuel filter... Then just bleed the whole lot in one go.

Thanks

vanzbrown wrote:Yeah, im just gunna go with the drain option as well every time i do the fuel filter... Then just bleed the whole lot in one go.

Thanks

How did you remove and empty the unit. is it as easy as unbolting and clamping the lines that go into it?

joelthommo wrote:

vanzbrown wrote:Yeah, im just gunna go with the drain option as well every time i do the fuel filter... Then just bleed the whole lot in one go.

Thanks

How did you remove and empty the unit. is it as easy as unbolting and clamping the lines that go into it?

pretty much. i didn't clamp the lines though, i just tucked them up a bit so fuel wasn't pouring out. I cleaned it out with petrol, and filled it back up with diesel before putting it back on. I didn't need to bleed the system

HJ60_HEATHUS wrote:

joelthommo wrote:

vanzbrown wrote:Yeah, im just gunna go with the drain option as well every time i do the fuel filter... Then just bleed the whole lot in one go.

Thanks

How did you remove and empty the unit. is it as easy as unbolting and clamping the lines that go into it?

pretty much. i didn't clamp the lines though, i just tucked them up a bit so fuel wasn't pouring out. I cleaned it out with petrol, and filled it back up with diesel before putting it back on. I didn't need to bleed the system

Thanks mate, might do it this weekend.