I had great luck with the AC thread on my truck here, so going to try another.
Wife has a 2006 SR5 V6 4Runner with 150K. We just got it about 4 months ago from the original owner, with very little maintenance history.
Today after church the battery light comes on. Starts fine. Drive to auto parts store. Battery is good, bit low but good. Alternator gives no voltage (in car, not bench test). Run the diagnostic once more to be sure. Battery dips another couple CCA; still no voltage on alternator.
So, I decide this thing needs a new alternator and make plans to get it in the shop Monday. Wife runs one errand this afternoon and calls saying as she was pulling into a parking lot, the whole dash lit up. She parked, and then couldn't restart. We let the truck sit an hour while she shopped. Then it turned right over, and she drove it 15 mins home no problems.
Now it's in the garage and I've got the battery charged up. Belt is good. Went to check fuses and found this. I don't know what's going on. It almost looks like half an old fuse is wedged under the existing one. I pulled hard as hell and can't get it out except by breaking pieces off. The existing fuse is not blown.
Is it still a bad alternator? I know I can drop it and get it bench tested, but maybe my problem is at the fuse box instead?
Here are some pics.
Wife has a 2006 SR5 V6 4Runner with 150K. We just got it about 4 months ago from the original owner, with very little maintenance history.
Today after church the battery light comes on. Starts fine. Drive to auto parts store. Battery is good, bit low but good. Alternator gives no voltage (in car, not bench test). Run the diagnostic once more to be sure. Battery dips another couple CCA; still no voltage on alternator.
So, I decide this thing needs a new alternator and make plans to get it in the shop Monday. Wife runs one errand this afternoon and calls saying as she was pulling into a parking lot, the whole dash lit up. She parked, and then couldn't restart. We let the truck sit an hour while she shopped. Then it turned right over, and she drove it 15 mins home no problems.
Now it's in the garage and I've got the battery charged up. Belt is good. Went to check fuses and found this. I don't know what's going on. It almost looks like half an old fuse is wedged under the existing one. I pulled hard as hell and can't get it out except by breaking pieces off. The existing fuse is not blown.
Is it still a bad alternator? I know I can drop it and get it bench tested, but maybe my problem is at the fuse box instead?
Here are some pics.
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