Kens1990K2500
One Piece At A Time
Hi,
I am getting ready to replace my front driver's side inner fender/wheelwell, and I noticed some unusual wiring mounted on the wheelwell, next to the washer fluid reservoir. I'm going to have to remove it to replace the wheelwell, and since it's so corroded, I'm going to replace it, when I install the new wheelwell.
Trouble is, I'm not quite sure what it (I'm referring to the fourth photo from the left) is. My best guess is that it's just an electrical junction block. My second guess is that it's a fusible link. It doesn't appear to be stock, but something that was added on.
There is a wire that comes out of the firewall, and goes under the truck somewhere. It appears that the jacket to this wire was split (you can see the white conductor, likely a neutral), in order to tap another black wire into the circuit. There is a small, black jumper wire between the two blocks. The wire that is tapped into this circuit is spliced into a wire that comes out the back of the alternator (see third photo from left).
I'm thinking that the alternator is feeding power to these two junction blocks, which are tied together with a jumper, and then feeding power to something in the cab, and something under the truck. I haven't investigated where those two wires terminate, nor do I care at this point. Like I said, I just want to replace this part on my wheelwell.
Does my analysis sound correct? And if it is simply a junction block, there's got to be a better (cleaner) way of joining these wires.
I am getting ready to replace my front driver's side inner fender/wheelwell, and I noticed some unusual wiring mounted on the wheelwell, next to the washer fluid reservoir. I'm going to have to remove it to replace the wheelwell, and since it's so corroded, I'm going to replace it, when I install the new wheelwell.
Trouble is, I'm not quite sure what it (I'm referring to the fourth photo from the left) is. My best guess is that it's just an electrical junction block. My second guess is that it's a fusible link. It doesn't appear to be stock, but something that was added on.
There is a wire that comes out of the firewall, and goes under the truck somewhere. It appears that the jacket to this wire was split (you can see the white conductor, likely a neutral), in order to tap another black wire into the circuit. There is a small, black jumper wire between the two blocks. The wire that is tapped into this circuit is spliced into a wire that comes out the back of the alternator (see third photo from left).
I'm thinking that the alternator is feeding power to these two junction blocks, which are tied together with a jumper, and then feeding power to something in the cab, and something under the truck. I haven't investigated where those two wires terminate, nor do I care at this point. Like I said, I just want to replace this part on my wheelwell.
Does my analysis sound correct? And if it is simply a junction block, there's got to be a better (cleaner) way of joining these wires.