majic79
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tldr: Alternator kaput, 100A Alt Fuse gone pop, how do you remove the alt fuse?
So my KZJ95 has been uber reliable until today - came to the truck after work and inserted key to be met with a groaning, slowly rotating and then nothing attempt at starting the engine. Lights dimming and all the symptoms of a flat battery. Slightly annoying, even more annoying as I'd not left lights on and no idiot lights telling me that there's been any charging issues - both batteries replaced about 2 years ago. I get some help to get it jump started and it's all looking good. As I set off home (not too far, 20 mile journey) I'm happy that everything looks rosey... but the lights aren't looking as bright as they did yesterday. Still, no idiot light, so I hope it's just a consequence of the batteries needing more juice than normal and hopefully it'll be enough to get me home so I can look a bit closer. Nope. Halfway home, the lights are very dim and the idiot charge light's come on. As well as a few others. Not far to the nearest place I can park up and call for recovery (Adult store car park!) so I pull in there and the dashboard is nearly invisible, ABS light's flashing as well as another minor disco going on with the lights. I turn off the engine and call out RAC. Nice chap turns up 20 minutes later and has a look, tries tightening the alternator belt a little (again, new belts 2 years ago and they look in good nick - possibly they've worn a bit and are slightly slack, so worth a go - I'd have done the same myself when I got home) and we jump it off his battery pack. Little voltage (12.4V) over the battery suggesting it's still not charging (should be seeing 14+ iirc) then we get a nice lights display from the alternator and all the lights go off on the dash (as in, nil voltage guvna). Looks in the fuse box and the 100A fuse has gone. As he's looking at how to remove it, I ask him "If the alternators just gone up like that, is it going to do the same of worse if you replace or link it out?" - ah, yes, ok let's recover it on a flatbed and get it sorted properly, it's a bit beyond a roadside repair now. I don't blame him at all for the alternator giving up the ghost, it's better it happens now than when I'm 100's of miles from home, and it's done 180K miles already (looks like the original) and I'm likely to have ended up with the same result if I'd continued on and tried to fix it at home!
Alternator's not a big deal - nuts, bolts, swap, job done. The 100A Fuse is a big deal though as I can't see how to get to the bolts that are holding it in! Anyone got any tips for splitting the fusebox and getting at it? Also, where can I order one? Milners and Roughtrax only list the 80 and 60 amp fuses
Thanks in advance
tldr: Alternator kaput, 100A Alt Fuse gone pop, how do you remove the alt fuse?
So my KZJ95 has been uber reliable until today - came to the truck after work and inserted key to be met with a groaning, slowly rotating and then nothing attempt at starting the engine. Lights dimming and all the symptoms of a flat battery. Slightly annoying, even more annoying as I'd not left lights on and no idiot lights telling me that there's been any charging issues - both batteries replaced about 2 years ago. I get some help to get it jump started and it's all looking good. As I set off home (not too far, 20 mile journey) I'm happy that everything looks rosey... but the lights aren't looking as bright as they did yesterday. Still, no idiot light, so I hope it's just a consequence of the batteries needing more juice than normal and hopefully it'll be enough to get me home so I can look a bit closer. Nope. Halfway home, the lights are very dim and the idiot charge light's come on. As well as a few others. Not far to the nearest place I can park up and call for recovery (Adult store car park!) so I pull in there and the dashboard is nearly invisible, ABS light's flashing as well as another minor disco going on with the lights. I turn off the engine and call out RAC. Nice chap turns up 20 minutes later and has a look, tries tightening the alternator belt a little (again, new belts 2 years ago and they look in good nick - possibly they've worn a bit and are slightly slack, so worth a go - I'd have done the same myself when I got home) and we jump it off his battery pack. Little voltage (12.4V) over the battery suggesting it's still not charging (should be seeing 14+ iirc) then we get a nice lights display from the alternator and all the lights go off on the dash (as in, nil voltage guvna). Looks in the fuse box and the 100A fuse has gone. As he's looking at how to remove it, I ask him "If the alternators just gone up like that, is it going to do the same of worse if you replace or link it out?" - ah, yes, ok let's recover it on a flatbed and get it sorted properly, it's a bit beyond a roadside repair now. I don't blame him at all for the alternator giving up the ghost, it's better it happens now than when I'm 100's of miles from home, and it's done 180K miles already (looks like the original) and I'm likely to have ended up with the same result if I'd continued on and tried to fix it at home!
Alternator's not a big deal - nuts, bolts, swap, job done. The 100A Fuse is a big deal though as I can't see how to get to the bolts that are holding it in! Anyone got any tips for splitting the fusebox and getting at it? Also, where can I order one? Milners and Roughtrax only list the 80 and 60 amp fuses
Thanks in advance