What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Nice job, just a heads up I have the same cover, i suggest you write to the company and get a few extra plastic pieces sent to you they do tend to break every so often, the pieces I am speaking of are on the corners of the cover where they are half round, if you just tell them one broke, and if you could get a set, they will send them to you for free, i have 3 extra sets, as i have broken one side one month and the other the next month.

 

I have semi-finalized one of my Tacoma projects: Install a house battery and separate electrics - running stock electrics on the starter battery and additional electrics on the house battery.

A lot of research and ordering parts, partially good info from TW also. And my special thanks goes out to Amazon.com…

Final setup: Moved stock battery to rear left of engine compartment (seen from front), install more powerful battery as starter battery (780CCA), run the electric from starter battery via 100A fuse, smart battery isolator (starts charging the house battery when starter battery has 13.3+ V), and 100A fuse to house battery. Run electricity from house battery via 100A switch and CB to additional fuse box.

Parts:

· Interstate M78DT battery (fits in stock battery tray, just 1 inch less in height)

· Battery tray for house battery (Battery Hold Down Tray Kit, Corrosion-Resistant Steel Storage Battery Holder Adjustable Bracket Clamp for Car, Boat, Marine (23cm Bolt with 28cm Battery Tray))

· 2 100A InstallGear fuse carriers with 100A fuse (protect starter battery to smart battery isolator and from smart battery isolator to house battery)
(InstallGear 0/2/4 Gauge ANL Fuse Holder + 150 Amp ANL Fuses (2 Pack) | for 0 Gauge, 4 Gauge, 8 Gauge, 10 Gauge Terminals| 150 Amp Fuse Block, Fuse Box, Automotive Fuse Block)

· Smart battery isolator 12V 140A (charge house battery after starter battery is fully charged) (Jtron 12V 140 Amp Dual Battery Smart Isolator Kit- VSR - Voltage Sensitive Relay Battery Automatic Charging Relay for Car, Vehicle, RV, ATV, UTV and Boat)

· Fuse box by OE with 100A switch/circuit breaker (protect line from house battery to additional electric)

· Noco genius 2.0 (starter battery maintenance)

· Terminal clamps (for house battery) COROTC Battery Terminals, 0/4/8/10 Gauge AWG Positive Negative Battery Terminal Connectors, with 2 Clear Covers and Shims,Auto Car Audio Marine Boat ModificationCOROTC Battery Terminals, 0/4/8/10 Ga…

· Heatshield (Toyota Yaris – big enough and OEM part) (to protect the house battery from exhaust heat)

· Aluminum sheet metal (for 2 100A fuses and smart battery isolator)

· Bunch of 4gauge and 6gauge cables with connectors (and crimp tool if you don’t have yet)

· Heat shrink for wiring, wiring tape, wiring protector (protect from heat and mechanical damage)

· Zip ties, Various screws, washers, nuts.

Need to get yet: battery hold down kit fitting the smaller Interstate M78TD battery.

Need to finalize: shorten some cables, extend heat shield a tad more up, install battery hold down kit starter battery (should be no more than 45mins).

Install steps

Step 1: disconnect and remove starter battery

Step 2: relocate Denso horn from rear left to front (run cable extension, saw off the hook of the mounting plate).

Step 3: install the battery tray for the house battery – cut studs to correct length not to damage the battery, grind the air filter housing tabs a bit down.

Step 4: step on the heat shield to flatten it out and model it to fit around the OEM stock battery (which will be the house battery now).

Step 5: Finagle the sheet metal to be mounted to the chassis and to hold the two 100A fuses and the smart battery isolator.

Step 6: run cables as needed, crimp the connectors as needed – insulate with heat shrink and run through protectors. Make sure grounds are making good contact to chassis. Install terminal clamps for the house battery.

Step 7: install OE fuse box. Add Noco.

Step 8: open plastic box the alternator cable is running through, cut out a notch to run the alternator cable a bit fwd of the normal box exit. Necessary because even though the M78DT is same size, the terminals are more in the center of the battery than with the stock battery. Alternatively, you can extend the alternator cable.

Step 9: connect all cables, the neg of the batteries last.

It is not too time intensive to install. Research and ordering the right parts took very long.

 

Super clean setup. Nice job. What are you planning on running on the house battery?

 

These 3rd gens are really pieces of shit. I just replaced damn near all the pulleys, belt tensioner, alternator and water pump with a brand new belt not even 6 months ago and something is squealing again. So fed up with this truck should of kept my 2nd gen.

 

Very neat job. Nicely done.

 

Do you have a product # for the secondary battery tray and heat shield?

 

Did you determine what was the culprit of the squeal initially?

 

Not for nothing, it's not the truck. It's probably something dumb. Do you have any leaking coolant, oil, or power steering fluid that might be getting on the belt? What brand belt did you go with? I always stay with OEM or Continental/equivalent. A squeaky belt isn't something your truck just creates because it sucks.

 

All OEM parts. And I don't see any leaks. It was initially diagnosed as the alternator, belt tensioner was seized. So I just replaced both top idler pulleys and belt tensioner while it was apart for the alternator. 3 months before that water pump went out, so that was just replaced.

Still squealed after all that, another diagnosis turned out to be the lower idler pulley replaced that and squealing went away.........and now it's back

 

Spray some WD40 on the lower pulley bearing area and see if it goes away. If it does, you got a bum pulley bearing or improper install. While its uncommon, it's not unheard of.

 

Yeah I'm going to do some troubleshooting later on. For now I'll be driving my Ford Fiesta

 

THEPRO Battery Hold Down Tray Kit, Corrosion-Resistant Steel Storage Battery Holder Adjustable Bracket Clamp for Car, Boat, Marine (23cm Bolt with 28cm Battery Tray) from Amazon.com

65897400 TOYOTA YARIS IV 2020-2021 is the heat shield. You can take any other, I took this one because it was big enough for my project and OEM Toyota. Since I am in Germany, it will have to pass German specs... Rather be prudent from the git go.

 

Head-up display, hood light, camper shell lights, USB outlet on passenger side and one in the bed, cigarette lighter passenger side and one in the bed, possibly a fridge, portable AC for the dogs, ...
That is the next project. In the process of ordering parts for it.

 

Added the 1/2” rear leaf spacer to finish the OEM FOX suspension had to get rid of the “squat” and added some knock off china bumpers caps (crap quality, looking for a set of perfect OEM chrome bumpers caps!

 

Beautiful taco.

 

Cleaned up

 

New wheel centers.

 

did you purchase the 3in or 2.5 inch? I also got my eyes on there stage 2 lift kit...

 

New summer shoes.
Took a drive up the mountain to see what was open… that would be nothing that heads off the main highway! And let the dog go run around in the snow.

 

spray belt with wd 40
and truck is 7 yo