Electrical Work PSA

"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips) 11/27/2018 at 18:29 • Filed to: None

1

10

Always assume the previous owner is trying to kill you. Again, the 4Runner’s previous owner’s mishandling of wiring work/cheap hacking reared it’s ugly face. In combination with him cutting the battery box and the positive lead, the moveable post that the battery crossover is attached to popped out on Sunday. While driving around a corner, the short positive cable and loose metal mount touched, shutting the vehicle down . That was fun. That was half a mile from home, and it untouched itself and started back up. I had a short drive back, so I continued. Up until it shut off again while crossing a lane.

So I have some work to do...

The PSA is, if you don’t know how to mess with wiring, don’t. If you have a battery that doesn’t fit lying around, it doesn’t fit, don’t make permanant alterations so it does. And if you are buying used, buy it from someone providing proof that they didn’t touch it themselves.

And I needed a backup vehicle now that I have a VW /s

Future Heap Owner > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 11/27/2018 at 18:41

1

VW is backup for a Toyota? What is the world coming to

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Future Heap Owner 11/27/2018 at 18:43

0

Previous owners are the worst people in the world. Also, early 90’s Toyota’s are pretty overrated reliability wise. That was the era of the 7M, 3VZE, 5S-FE, and 22RE(overrated headgasket blowing trash). 

RickSanchez:Fury Road Edition aka Junkrat > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 11/27/2018 at 18:46

1

I bought a car that had the driver’s airbag unhooked and a terminator on the plug so it didn’t show a SRS light on the dashboard.

HammerheadFistpunch > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 11/27/2018 at 18:52

2

This is what previous owner electrical  work looks like

And here is where it happened

https://goo.gl/maps/CQYY3JcDTM52

Future Heap Owner > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 11/27/2018 at 18:54

1

Yeah, the tough thing about reliability is that by the time you know for sure, it’s been years and years since they stopped making them that way. T he common wisdom about what’s reliable and what’s not is generally about 20 years out of date.  Although it seems that Toyota did so well in the 80s that nothing they do after that will ever besmirch their reputation.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > HammerheadFistpunch 11/27/2018 at 18:59

1

Not enough sawzall. 

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > HammerheadFistpunch 11/27/2018 at 19:00

0

Or Natty Light. 

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > RickSanchez:Fury Road Edition aka Junkrat 11/27/2018 at 19:00

0

Luckily that can’t be a problem here. 

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 11/27/2018 at 22:10

1

2oR did all of the work and got none of the glory. M ore reliable than any 22R(E).

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 11/27/2018 at 23:08

1

I have a theory about backup vehicles and VWs. They know you have a backup. I don’t have a backup to my Mk3. It’s rarely out of service. My dad has a Mk7 Jetta, but has a Ford E150 for backup, and the Jetta is broken all the time.