That Alt fuse in engine fuse box Options

[TerryE]

So, has anyone ever been able to remove it? (the blue one for the Alt) I was able to remove all the others. I was trouble shooting a battery drain and tried to remove it, No go. Ended up cutting it and resoldering it. Never did find the problem.

[TerryE]

So, has anyone ever been able to remove it? (the blue one for the Alt) I was able to remove all the others. I was trouble shooting a battery drain and tried to remove it, No go. Ended up cutting it and resoldering it. Never did find the problem.

Googled it, actually found something about on toyotanation.com http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/103-3rd-...26805?_k=kgv6n5

It apparently is held in by screws from the bottom. Now I have to get a new one. Shoulda known something was going on when it wouldn't come out easily.

[BonzaiCelica]

How did you blow that fuse? Yea I remember my teacher mentioned it would blow if you reverse polarity when jumping a car, expensive repair more so on newer cars

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Sep 14, 2016 - 10:53 PM

[TerryE]

How did you blow that fuse? Yea I remember my teacher mentioned it would blow if you reverse polarity when jumping a car, expensive repair more so on newer cars

I didn't blow the fuse, after pulling all the fuses, one at a time and not finding the circuit responsible for the spark when I was connecting the negative lead up, I tried removing the Alt. fuse and mangled the cover up. Then cut the fuse in half. I know, I can here everybody snickering, but sometimes it's like that.

This post has been edited by TerryE: Sep 15, 2016 - 1:35 AM

[Bitter]

A spark when connecting the neg cable is normal, especially if you have an audio amp that's charging its power rail caps when you first connect. If you touch and get a big spark but the 2nd touch has a much smaller spark then that's all that is and nothing to worry about.