not sure. open to ideas.

they actually melted.

 

Wtf? That's crazy. Had you been driving it? Did it spontaneously combust? Taking the previous overheat issues into account, could we be looking at an ac condenser fan short? I'm beyond curious.

 

nah. I think it was just a random situation.

I drove it Sunday for errands and to go fishing. Ran perfect.

 

Sorry again Eric, glad the family is safe man.

 

Thanks!! The family is safe which is all that mattered. I can build another truck.

 

Glad everyone is ok.
Sorry about your truck.

 

220* Is pretty high on the highway, But 1600* seems way to high in the driveway.
Do the inline thermo it will keep it down around 180*. In your case that's a 1420* reduction.

That really sucks. I have never seen one burn like that. I would say something went drastically wrong in your alternator, that's pretty much the only place that has access to the un-fused power needed to make that heat.

 

Or a short in the lead to the starter, or one of the feeds to the fuse block. I have a winch on my truck and there is an unprotected lead to that as well. I added extra protection around the cable at any potential chafing point, but it still makes me wonder. Maybe I should get a 400 amp fusible link.

By the way, where did I miss the reply about the fire? Was that in another post?

 

I've seen 2 DIs, one NAS 90, and 1 RRC burn just like that, though the NAS 90 was idling.

 

I've seen other makes of cars burn like that. One I remember was a Honda Accord caused by a leaking power steering pressure hose. Sprayed fluid on the exhaust and I guess it was more flammable than some might expect.