I discovered yesterday that the line to the fuse box under the hood corroded and caught fire:
with a flash to see the extent of damage:
without a flash to see the green color of the wire:
so what do you think happened? the only thing i can think of is at the end of September i drove through some salt water on my way off the beach at pismo. currently, the battery is disconnected, and it will remain like that except for moving the truck. i have no idea how long it has been like this, as i haven't opened that fuse block since last year.
thanks for any help you can offer. looks like it is time to replace/upgrade that wire!