tacoma_AL
Adventurer
So last year my engine blew, long story short I replaced it with another 3.4l with 20k on it seeing as I had 250k on the other with out an issue till it suddenly dropped the bottom end at 70mph.
So on to my issue, I finally after a year finished replacing the engine 3 months ago. Engine ran strong until last Thursday when driving to go pick up lunch my alternator started smoking and burning. I started pulling over and my dash and radio went dead, nothing works, engine still running. I opened the hood and saw my alt starting to glow, ran to turn off the engine. fast forward later that night after getting it home I found my lights still work but I have no brake lights. Alt turns freely after having taken it off, took the pigtail off the back of the alt and it was melted to it so I'm going to a junk yard to replace it tomorrow, Monday. I checked the fuse and does not look blown. Has anyone had this problem before? Is there anything else I need to get tomorrow? I have some what good electrical skills but by no means awesome at it. Just really confused what else I should check. Is it possible it could have destroyed the harness or something else major?
Thanks, really just lost for things to do at this point.
So on to my issue, I finally after a year finished replacing the engine 3 months ago. Engine ran strong until last Thursday when driving to go pick up lunch my alternator started smoking and burning. I started pulling over and my dash and radio went dead, nothing works, engine still running. I opened the hood and saw my alt starting to glow, ran to turn off the engine. fast forward later that night after getting it home I found my lights still work but I have no brake lights. Alt turns freely after having taken it off, took the pigtail off the back of the alt and it was melted to it so I'm going to a junk yard to replace it tomorrow, Monday. I checked the fuse and does not look blown. Has anyone had this problem before? Is there anything else I need to get tomorrow? I have some what good electrical skills but by no means awesome at it. Just really confused what else I should check. Is it possible it could have destroyed the harness or something else major?
Thanks, really just lost for things to do at this point.