What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

Does the cable have 12volts to the cut end? could be the factory engine ground.

 

I'll rock the OME for now and then in the future I'll think about upgrading

 

I doubt it has power since the main 80A fuse is blown. It is really corroded so it's been a while since it's been connected.

 

I'll have to check tomorrow when (and if) I can find an 80A Japanese-style Type C slow-blow fuse. That's a mouthful.

Thing is I can't find the other end of it. The frayed wire in my picture is the only side of the wire I could find.

 

You didn't put a fuse in it yet?

 

I believe one is black and one is chrome

 

New fuse might help, just thinking out loud

 

I'll have to go find one at a parts store, might have to drop by the stealership if I can't find one. This is some weird specific Japanese style fuse.

 

I've seen them at AutoZone and Orielly before, made by Bussmann. I completely forgot to pull all those fuses for extras when I scrapped the other truck.

 

I saw those Bussman ones too on Amazon, but those are the flat bolt on ones while this one is the insertion type. Let me keep looking into it.

 

Yeah actually now that it's mentioned it's likely a ground cable. There is only one power cable that goes down to the starter. And one that comes up from the alternator to the fuse box.

 

I'll have to find where it goes. My 3RZ has a different harness configuration so I couldn't trace that one.

It's just weird because I can't find the other end of it or where it is supposed to go to.

 

Found this thread after I googled '80A Toyota Fuse' and it's about a guy who messed up the grounding on his Alternator when removing it... so I guess that frayed wire very well could be a ground.

Now the question is, where does it go to?

 

I'd look to the stock ground location on the block for the V6, usually only one block ground. I wouldn't bother repairing that, I'd make a new one. Not good to run high amperage loads like the starter without having the block ground, because much smaller wires end up being the new ground and you fuck up electronics and burn low gauge wires.

 

Let's pretend that frayed wire is the Alt. ground wire, where does it ground in the engine bay - the block I'm assuming?

 

It wouldn't be the alt ground, just the main block ground, the big negative cable from the battery to some boss on the block that is threaded. I don't have a V6 but on the 4cyl that ground is right above the transition to the oil pan, a bolt hole that only holds the ground cable.

 

There is no ground wire on the alt anywhere.

It'll be on the block

 

Makes about sense. I assumed it was a power wire since it's on the harness leading to the positive terminal but I didn't check the engine block for broken ground connections.

 

just got the dreaded info about my ARB bumper lol weight 210 idk if thats in pounds or kilograms lol im hoping kilograms cause damn that's going to be heavy.

 

You want "210" to be in Kilograms? Because 210 Kg is about 463 pounds. LOL!

I'm pretty sure it's 210 Pounds.