Tampa Bay Area Tacomas BS Thread

No problem, Brah. I stand corrected...you have a cheap, fancy fuse/relay block (with a cover!) made from repurposed Ford parts. Still kicks ass. You get extra cool points for repurposing!

 

No extra stuff unfortunately

 

You're welcome! Glad to help.

 

Anybody have any idea how to get this open? Radiator stopcock

 

Can't seem to turn it or grip it with anything

 

Sprinkle fairy dust on it then grip it with your teeth.



Jk honestly really gotta work it that plastic tends to get stuck in there

 

You can try a set of channel locks, 90* needle nose pliers, or a regular set of pliers...anything you can get in there and turn...put the jaws straight on so they engage with the sides of the ridges (you're not really gripping anything, you're basically using them like a key), and turn carefully. Not really sure how to explain it any clearer. Just woke up so I'm not really firing on all cylinders yet.

 

It's the crank seal and pissed out all the oil overnight. It's getting swapped out Friday. Almost started the truck and blew the engine up.

 

Lsjuan it

 

You guys know if anything is going on this Sunday? There's a possibility I'll be free the majority of the day.

 

In between screwing around procrastinating I actually got a lot of stuff done today. Got the switch powers and grounds wired up to the fuse block, ran a ground wire from the fuse block's ground bus to the firewall/engine ground, located and tied into a dash light wire (I got lucky and found one in the factory radio harness), and finally, I fabbed and painted my relay mount.

Need to take a trip to HD for more wire tie cleats and small tie-wraps. Might do that tonight and then tomorrow I can start getting the relays wired up. After that, the switches will be all that's left.

I'm seriously reconsidering doing the switches the way Todd did. Seems better to only have to unplug 9 wires instead of 24 if I wanted to take the thing out for any reason.

 

then remember what wire went where

 

That's not so much a problem. Most of them are interchangable, with only the relay signal wires having to be in a specific place...and that will still be an issue with Todd's setup as well.

 

After several days of screwing around, I'm pleased to say that the under-hood portion of my aux fuse panel/accessory switches & relays project is complete...for now. It didn't come out as clean (especially in that back corner) as some folks can achieve around here, but considering I hate wiring, I can live with it.

(sorry for the crappy pics, I can never get the stupid phone to get clear ones for some reason)


For reference, this is what it looked like before I dicked with it...

 

Well due to some personal reason my truck is for sale. If interested please cruise over to the Florida classifieds and check it out.

 

Sorry to hear that. I know you had a lot of time and $$$ invested in it. Hope it goes to a good home.

 

Yeah it sucks but it needs to happen. I sold the civic and now this is for sale. I think the price is fair and if the person has a welder friend I'll give them the unfinished bumper so I don't have a giant paper weight.

 

Looks good, do you have some sort of cover? I know how much you enjoy the mud

 

Thanks.

Unfortunately, no. That's why I heat-shrinked all the connections and I'm going to put fuses in all the slots and see how it works. If I have problems then I'll either redo it with one of those Blue Sea blocks or I'll think about fabbing a cover for it myself. I don't think it gets too wet and muddy up that high and that far back anyway.

 

Right there it does lol. I had a good bit of clay from citrus up in that area.