^ yep. thats why i should just drive it till i learn how to weld.

 

Yeah that sounds like a solid idea. Tell you what drive it to ga and i'll learn ya how to do it.

 

, hell my brother is going to georgia on tuesday, i'll just have him put it in the overhead storage for ya!

 

I have a 5 speed if you want it. I'm trying to get rid of it since I don't have any more Toyotas.

Also are those the wheels you where talking about? Because those aren't SR5 wheels.

 

hell yeah seth i'll take it! those arent the wheels. i also have a 79 sr5, the wheels are identical as the ones that were on frank (and now ethel). you can see the centers are shiny but somebody spray painted them....

heres a pic

 

so as to not thread jack..

in your trucks defense i say:


WTF IS THIS WHORE$HIT? (yellow/red wire)



if that was my truck, before i dd'd it id find out what ANY extra (non-stock) wires were for.


i cant think of many wires to run like that cept maybe a stereo or alt. most likely something F'd up and the PO "fixed it". id blame that, and i bet it leads back to missing or blown fusable links

 

the yellow wire is ran to the a/c clutch, which has a switch in the dash. the best i can figure is someone put the plastic dash insert thing from a sr5 in (judging by the wood grain), and it wasn't a a/c truck so the slider switch thing doesn't work(or the stock switch is bad, but i haven't checked). the red wire is just a loose wire that doesn't go to anything. i've put about 2,500 miles so far without any problems, but i guess i should have expected some.

 

no pics of the batt, how are the connections?


if thats the OG main pos wire to the alt, i guarantee its bad. and most every gound is prolly useless unless the main was upgraded.

id also look for cracking on the wires to the plug.




bad wires are the #1 cause of a "tired car", sihts 30 years old.

 

the pos. post has been changed. when i was looking at it today i noticed the ground goes straight from the battery to the side core support. then one from the body to chassis and engine. i checked and cleaned all the connections as well.

 

changed the alternator this morning and she's all fixed now. i had a second alt. in the garage off a 75 celica, but the plug was different, so i bought a reman for $30.