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I f$&?@d up big time

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by truchador, Aug 23, 2019.

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  1. Aug 23, 2019 at 1:50 PM
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    truchador

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    So I did the most boneheaded thing possible to a parked vehicle short (pun intended) of actually lighting it on fire

    See if you can guess what it was lol. The repair involved replacing these
    C0C4991F-EF94-463C-BC49-48EF14ABFD72.jpg

    Used @Chuy ‘s awesome writeup on disassembling the fuse box.

    Truck seems to be running fine with all systems. Don’t know how I got so lucky that it was fixable with 20$ worth of parts lol
     
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  2. Aug 23, 2019 at 1:52 PM
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    You stuck a paper clip in place of the fuses and relays
     
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  3. Aug 23, 2019 at 1:54 PM
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    Nope but your username is a clue lol
     
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  5. Aug 23, 2019 at 1:55 PM
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    Crossed the jumper cables
     
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  6. Aug 23, 2019 at 1:56 PM
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    Also I changed the wording in the op to clarify lol
     
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  7. Aug 23, 2019 at 1:57 PM
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    Yup
     
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  8. Aug 23, 2019 at 1:58 PM
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    Did you fry your ecu
     
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    Lucky it was just a couple of blown fuses, heard you can fry your ECU that way pretty easily
     
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    Im betting this.
     
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    As well as every other electrical component :eek:
     
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    Jumped it off with the leads reversed?
    + to - ?
     
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    It was late at night and dark and I’m stupid lol
     
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    I remember reading a thread about a tow truck that hooked em up backwards for a jump. Guys truck was all kinds of screwed up
     
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    Yup I remember that thread
     
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    Was it backwards jumper cables onto a dead (or partially dead) battery? Or was it a battery installed backwards?

    If it was jumper cables I'd think the other battery probably saved you
     
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    Reversed on the dead battery

    Sparks and my horn going off clued me in to it lol
     
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    So you were drunk before working on your truck ?
     
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    I wish I could blame it on being drunk lol
     
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