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That sucksSorry to hear that
I remember hearing somewhere that you can use boiling water to pop dents. I have my doubts but I may give that a try when the weather warms up.
Any interest in coming with us to Tahuya on Feb 23rd?
I would definitely recommend upgrading the alternator to battery lead. After years of heavy service they start to collect corrosion between the strands of copper. 6 gauge should be plenty. I would recommend having a fuse between the battery and everything that isn't the starter. For your sensing wire put it after the fuse.
So you're saying to hook up the sense wire after the fuse, down stream of the battery, like this ?
Yeah. Those both look good. like you said you just don't want things to burn down.
After all that, my volts at the battery are 14.37 with headlights off, 14.36 headlights on, 14.36 headlights/high beams on. So that's an improvement.However, the truck still idles a little rough with the headlights or heater fan on.
While I was into the wiring, I hooked up the VSS wire(vehicle speed sensor) and the brake signal to the ECU. With these wires disconnected I had a VSS code and when coming to a quick stop my idle would dip down low, like 4-500 RPM and then smooth out. With these wires hooked up those issues seem to be fixed. This was posted on SqWADoosh's build. I would like to know where this came from as it is some really good info. The internet likes to say that the VSS and STP wires are not needed but that sure seems to be incorrect, if you want things to work right. What is posted on SqWADoosh's build is the only info I have found that describes the importance of of these wires.
I did the big 3 upgrade..google it..
I recommend performing voltage drops on both battery cables.Test from the battery post to the connection point. both positive and negative.Also there should be a few additional grounds. back of the head to firewall. drivers side motor mount to wheel well? and another from the battery to the fender. I would check all of those also. When I first got My 4runner it would almost die when I would turn on any major power draw. I found that two of the additional grounds had been left off. I replaced them and problem was gone. night an day diff.Good luck My friend. Love this truck.
I either posted that on Andrews thread or I provided him with it. I found it somewhere when I was researching my 3rz swap wiring. Here is my copy of the Toyota Input Sensors PDF https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zj5Fb2uOPbrqk34Hrtnj6tIwj95fyQkZ/view?usp=sharing
what alternator are you using? what size is the pulley on it?
I think it's a remanufactured denso from napa.
you may want to try another alt for testing purposes. also, the stock pulley size is 2 3/4. if it's larger than that, it may not be spinning fast enough at idle
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