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  1. ForTheWin

    AGM batteries and charging volts

    Is this doable for a regular guy with basic garage tools and some skill? Is there a video on how to do it, so there's no chance of damaging anything?
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    AGM batteries and charging volts

    I contacted a tuner (OV tune?, can't remember) He was like a salesman shill, when I had told him exactly what I wanted. "you're gonna love what it does to your tacoma!". (oh goody, it will fool the accelerator into thinking I press the the pedal down harder and deeper than I did). I don't want...
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    High Output Alternator

    Congratulations on your successful replacement/upgrade of your alternator. I do not like the idea of not using a stock belt, but you probably know what you're doing better than I do, and obviously feel confident in the belt you now use. That 140 Amp alt fuse is a real thing, brother. The only...
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    High Output Alternator

    wow! I wanted to replace the alternator, but discovered the upgraded DC Power Engineering replacement was not a direct replacement. It's missing the bolt holes for the wire case, and the LIN plug faces outward, requiring me to remove the wire from the bracket to get it to reach around to the...
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    AGM batteries and charging volts

    Yeah, that DC to DC charger solution definitely answers a question you did not ask. KD Max can make a tune for you that basically amounts to an "AGM charging update." I cringe at the thought of paying hundreds of dollars for .5 voltage increase though. I have a nice agm battery.
  6. ForTheWin

    High Output Alternator

    Congratulations! What did you do to the 140 amp Alt fuse? (perhaps did you simply fuse the second line from the battery to the alternator output?)
  7. ForTheWin

    High Output Alternator

    To remove the bolt that goes forward into the back of the alternator (that goes through the small bracket). This is what you need. 1. Step stool 2. 3/8" stubby ratchet 3. 3/8" short extension 4. 3/8" drive 12mm socket (the head of the bolt is 12mm), 10mm socket 5. 18 inch long piece of 1 inch...
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    High Output Alternator

    To get that bolt out: Put a 12mm socket on a short 3/8" extension without the ratchet. Reach down with the socket and extension in your right hand. Feel for the LIN wire that is attached to the bracket that you will be removing the bolt to. You're going to cradle the extension in your hand so...
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    2016 Alternator Replacement DC Power Engineering 270A

    Removal of at least one of those two 12mm headed bolts on the bracket at the rear bottom of the alternator is not the only thing stopping this replacement. You'll also have to cut the support off the wires to get the LIN plug to go around the corner, since the LIN plug on the DC Power...
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    2016 Alternator Replacement DC Power Engineering 270A

    I took this photo last night of the bolt or bolts you'll have to remove (one or the other) to remove a gen 3 Tacoma alterntor. I have not yet been able to remove them. These are on the inside bottom closest to the engine. They're hard to reach. It feels like you're reaching a quarter the way...
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    2016 Alternator Replacement DC Power Engineering 270A

    I can see the bolt. You can see it too. If you stand on the driver's side with your flashlight right near the door, and angle your view down behind the alternator; you can see that bolt head going forward. You can see the edge of the bracket too. That same bracket holds the wire bundle from the...
  12. ForTheWin

    High Output Alternator

    Yes, there is 3 bolts that hold the alternator. Two in the front; and one in the back bottom. The two front bolts are 14mm, and the ones on the back bottom are 12mm heads. There is zilch online for resources on it. The guide I have tells me to remove the bolt, but doesn't describe the bolt.
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    High Output Alternator

    I am working on it at this moment. There is a bolt that goes through a bracket at the bottom on the inside of the old alternator. There doesn't seem to be a place for that bracket or bolt on the new 270 amp alternator. The head of that bolt is 12mm. I have not yet fit a socket over that bolt...
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