Big trouble....
I've got a 12/71 FJ55LG and I'm in the process of installing a motor and since I'm waiting for the manifold gasket to arrive I decided to tackle some side projects. Well since I bought this rig back in sept. as is which means it needed some TLC at which point the rig sat in my driveway until now. Over the past week I've pulled the motor that was all busted up with a broken camshaft and installed a fair conditioned F motor (thanks Rob). Just last night I figured I would start with the electrical issues but if I know it was going to end up in flames I wouldn't have bothered with it.
Here's the situation; alternator wire from the battery to the alternator, alternator condenser, and the W/B wire from the Voltage regulator lite up like a firework show. The condenser sparked like a sparkle firework and the wires lite up red and melted like a snake firework (you know what I'm talking about).
The event leading up to; I traced the fried alternator wire out of the stock wiring loom (From the PO), I replaced the wire with a 12guage wire and used a parallel junction connection for the inline wires (two wires;one B/R to ignition and one W to the rear conjunction terminal for the rear window), I crimped the wires at the parallel junction and at the positive post terminal of the battery. I turned the key and got nothing so I played with the starter wiring for a bit and wired the BY wire to the post closest the motor and a BLK wire to the post closest the fender on the starter. The tried the key again, now I've got a red light on the right side the instrument panel on the first click and the start engages on the second click. Now I checked for power with the key on first click (ACC) got no power to the fuse box. I took that out and applied sand paper to fuse box for a bit then slapped it back in and what do you know POWER. The lights, wiper, lighter, signal, and horn worked minus the hazards and rear window. I was happy and called it a night but decided to take a picture to document the day work. I when to pull the light switch (keep in mind I didn't have the key in "OFF") the lights blinked once and all I saw was smoke coming out of the engine compartment.
I looking for some insight here.
Perhaps someone has had this problem before or someone knows a direct remedy (fingers crossed)
Any advice would be appreciated.
I'm going to have my alternator back in an hour and I'll be pickup a new VR (napa VR528SB) too.
Thanks
Starter shot
Parallel connection.
I've got a 12/71 FJ55LG and I'm in the process of installing a motor and since I'm waiting for the manifold gasket to arrive I decided to tackle some side projects. Well since I bought this rig back in sept. as is which means it needed some TLC at which point the rig sat in my driveway until now. Over the past week I've pulled the motor that was all busted up with a broken camshaft and installed a fair conditioned F motor (thanks Rob). Just last night I figured I would start with the electrical issues but if I know it was going to end up in flames I wouldn't have bothered with it.
Here's the situation; alternator wire from the battery to the alternator, alternator condenser, and the W/B wire from the Voltage regulator lite up like a firework show. The condenser sparked like a sparkle firework and the wires lite up red and melted like a snake firework (you know what I'm talking about).
The event leading up to; I traced the fried alternator wire out of the stock wiring loom (From the PO), I replaced the wire with a 12guage wire and used a parallel junction connection for the inline wires (two wires;one B/R to ignition and one W to the rear conjunction terminal for the rear window), I crimped the wires at the parallel junction and at the positive post terminal of the battery. I turned the key and got nothing so I played with the starter wiring for a bit and wired the BY wire to the post closest the motor and a BLK wire to the post closest the fender on the starter. The tried the key again, now I've got a red light on the right side the instrument panel on the first click and the start engages on the second click. Now I checked for power with the key on first click (ACC) got no power to the fuse box. I took that out and applied sand paper to fuse box for a bit then slapped it back in and what do you know POWER. The lights, wiper, lighter, signal, and horn worked minus the hazards and rear window. I was happy and called it a night but decided to take a picture to document the day work. I when to pull the light switch (keep in mind I didn't have the key in "OFF") the lights blinked once and all I saw was smoke coming out of the engine compartment.
I looking for some insight here.
Perhaps someone has had this problem before or someone knows a direct remedy (fingers crossed)
Any advice would be appreciated.
I'm going to have my alternator back in an hour and I'll be pickup a new VR (napa VR528SB) too.
Thanks
Starter shot
Parallel connection.
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