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Hello. I'm new to the site, and would like some help. I recently bought a 99 4runner (3.4L 4x4) with 6 aftermarket LED's on the front. After getting under the hood, I noticed what I would describe as a rat's nest of wires, in line fuses and relays for the lights shoved right next to the battery and all of the light wires connected directly to the battery. Yesterday, I tried to clean it up and run everything through a remote mounted fuse box. Before getting to the mounting and wiring of the fuse block, after disconnecting all of the wires from the battery, the truck refused to start. The dash lights come on every once in a while, after sitting for a couple hours, when the key is turned to ACC. They immediately turn off and the truck makes no indication it wants to start, no click, no thump, nothing. I have checked the fuses under the hood and replaced the ABS fuse and ALT fuses as well as the STARTER relay. I also put a new 6 gauge wire in from the positive terminal to the fuse block. I checked the ignition switch, but that doesn't look like the issue. There is no power to the OBDii plug so I can't check for codes. From what I've read, the 99 does not have a "fusible link" in the fuse box and I didn't see one when I pulled it apart. Even my Toyota dealer doesn't show a "fusible link" for the 99. My grounds are all good and I redid the ground wire from the battery to the body. When we pulled the panel under the steering wheel, we found that the alarm was not connected, but the truck was running great the week before this happened. We also found a jumper wire in the main fuse block from the 10A tail fuse to the FOG relay, and inside the cab, found wires coming from behind the in cab fuse block with fork spade style wire connectors shoved into one side of a fuse slot (the "fork" only has one leg if that makes sense) The truck still will not start and the lights only come one after the truck sits for a couple of hours.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.