Stupid Taco

"Roundbadge" (Roundbadge) 04/25/2017 at 14:30 • Filed to: None

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Not a Taco for your time.

So I’m sitting in my Tacoma, eating lunch today and listening to some music. Suddenly the radio cuts out...as in has zero power. Dash clock is dead, too. I turn the key from ACC to ON, and the dash lights up and the fan starts blowing. Shut it off, radio beeps through the speakers. Turn it back to ACC, radio and dash clock work. Turn it to ON, radio and clock lose power, dash lights up, blower blows.

Eff it...let’s see what happens. Put it in neutral, push in the clutch, turn the key to START, nothing. No crank, nothing. Shut it off, radio beeps again.

I’ll try to jump it when I’m done at work and see if that helps. I don’t think it’s the battery though.

I want my old ‘86 Civic Si back.

Edit: I’ve left out the fact that the horn quit working and the radio quit picking up stations in March or April of 2016. Recently I had it to a mechanic to replace the steering rack, and they threw in a Toyota horn they had laying around which sometimes works, sometimes doesn’t. I think I’ve got wiring gremlins in a place I really don’t want to dig to.

nermal > Roundbadge 04/25/2017 at 14:58

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I’m kinda disappointed that the taco didn’t end up all over your shirt.

Roundbadge > nermal 04/25/2017 at 15:02

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I wouldn’t be as frustrated if that happened.

Klaus Schmoll > Roundbadge 04/25/2017 at 15:18

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Car electrics have made many grown men cry.

I once had to hunt down an electrical problem in my old Mazda 626. No fun at all. And the solution was so simple... after I found it.

vicali > Roundbadge 04/25/2017 at 15:30

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Kind of sounds like your ground isn’t grounded to the ground enough..

Check your batt connections.

Roundbadge > vicali 04/25/2017 at 15:37

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This is a thing I will do.

Roundbadge > vicali 04/25/2017 at 20:43

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Winner, winner, dinner of chicken to you! A good cleaning of the terminals and the connectors, and tightening the negative cable appears to have nailed it down.

Thanks for your input!