deathbeaver

Ya I planned on just replacing the alt wiring harness. But apparently Toyota discontinued them and none of the u pulls around here have one....

sb5walker

On sleeping on it, and thinking what it would take to get the alt glowing red hot, I'm thinking that would take a LOT of amps. And the only thing capable of providing that many amps would be the battery, not the alt itself. So my best guess as to what happened is that there was a failure of insulation somewhere in the copper coil in the alternator, which caused a short circuit, allowing mega current to flow from the battery, through the coil of the alt, and back to the battery. In that scenario, voltage would not have increased, and the only components damaged would be (obviously) the alternator, and possibly the battery itself and the wiring between the battery and alt. The wiring would include the positive cable, and also whatever ground straps tie the engine back to the neg post of the battery. If you're seeing melting on the insulation of the wiring to the alt, that would tend to confirm that scenario.

If local boneyards don't have what you need, try http:www.car-part.com It's a portal to hundreds of junkyards around the country, and it will list the ones that have the part you're looking for, sorted by distance from you, and showing price and phone #. You might find one close enough to drive to, otherwise many yards are willing to ship.

deathbeaver

Well I got the new alternator hooked up and have been checking the wiring in the truck all looks good but what a mess.... switched bulbs for the charge light and now it it works....before I had a push button start id like to know how to wire that back to normal since the dash is taken apart also I found a random spring when takin the the part of the dash below the sterring column apart maybe goes to the clutch pedal but idk.....

rworegon

Nice progress!

deathbeaver

Forgot to mintion but the push start was wired into a pin on one of the connectors below the passenger kick panel then from there straight to the starter any one know why tgey would wire it into a pin on one of. The conectors...sorry I havnt figured out what the connector even goes to yet my guess was the ecu but still tryn to search and find it

deathbeaver

Any one...lol

deathbeaver

weathers been poopy so not much progress goin on ......... but this is of the mess the previous owner left me with......

James Woods

iTrader: (1)

Have you found the FSM for it yet and studied the wiring diagrams?