Ok so yesterday i bought a 91 toy p/u all it needed was a new Battery . So i went a bought a new battery got home and went to put it in and the previous owner had put a marine battery in and for what ever reason taken the battery clamps off and just used some electrical eyes and bolted them to the batt . so a quick run to the store and picked up the right termal ends . Bolt everything up and Battery light is still on HMMM
Ok Take the alternator out and take it to get it checked out . NO good . Ok buy a new Alt Bolt it up and waa laa still have the Batt light on . Ok take the New alt back and have them check it and it checks out fine
So after checking everything that i could think of I finally Caved in and got out the phone book . Called 3 places and found a place that could get me in . I showed up ON time onley to be told that the Guy had gone to eat . Ok so i wait and wait and wait after a hour and a half some other guy comes and says he will take a look at it . I tell the guy everything i did and what is happeing so he gets a battery tester And tells me everything is working fine
Then the owner of the place comes out and takes a look and he says ya its all fine and that I SHOULD just take the Light of the Dash WTF ? This is a ASE certified shop and they tell me this OK so off i go with my new truck thats working great But i sure dont think it is . So i stop and a Discount auto place just for the heak of it and ask them to check to see if my Battery is charging Heak what do i know maybe it is working ? They tell me it is not charging :moods:so now i am not sure what to do . Mean while my batt on my phone is Dead from work calling all day cus i am not there .SO i do what we all hate to do Cus i know this is gona hurt I call TOYOTA and explain to them what is going on She tells me bring it rt in and they can put it on the computer and see whats wrong Only charge 98 dollars Ok off i go Toyota takes it back to there guys and about 30 min later ther service manager comes and tells me that my Altternator is not Charging
And that i need a 365dollar Toy alt. SoI pay them and take the alt off and bring it back and they check it again and it checks out Fine
So i go back to Toyota and tell them that it checks out fine and ask them if they can check it just to be sure before i put it back on . UMM we have no way to check it
so i ask if i can talk to the Tech that worked on it . The service manger says he will go talk to him ? i kinda followed behind and eased my way back to the tech and talked to him . I told him that the store says it checks out fine but you guys say it no good And i will gladly Buy 1 from Toyota But i dont want to spend 365 dollars and have the same problem . He tells me he is 95% sure that it will fix the problem . So i told them i would call them in the Morning and order the new one that should cure all since it was to late to get the order in today . Now just for the heak of it i stopped at another shop that says the specalize in Electrical work and tell him the story and he tells me to bring it by in the AM and he will take a look at it . SO now i am not sure what to do Put the Alt back in and take it to this other shop ? i figure it cant hurt . or just order the 1 from Toyota . But i really dont think that will fix the problem . I wish i could see another truck cus i could just see what the previous owner did wrong . Man i am not haveng a good start with this truck . Not to mention That i have a 89 4runner in perfect shape but i just blew a head gasket on the 3.0 and that is why i bought this new truck so i could take my time with the 4runner Hahahha for the money i have already spent on the truck i could have put a new motor in the runner and been done with it . Rant over still not suer what to do though .
