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<blockquote data-quote="machoheadgames" data-source="post: 432630" data-attributes="member: 18789"><p>I suppose this thread could use an update. Still not driving it, been lazy lately. Well not really, but kind of. The last thing I wrote on here was about fixing the oil leak, which I still believe is fixed. I have run the engine a few random times and it seems to be good. We will see when I drive it still. Lately I have dug into a lot more work. </p><p></p><p>To operate my fog lights, daytime running light, backup lights, and driving lights, I decided to install a switch panel to my trim panel. that part was easy, once I received the tuffy panel which took 10 months!! The switches themselves were easy enough to install, I used 4 different color Grote switches. They install into 1/2" round holes. I had to use various ohm rating resistors to get the indicators to all be relatively the same brightness. Also added a USB port to the dash which will run to the back of my stereo mounted console. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]118869[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>What has got me so busy personally is the work to install them. Ordinarily installing switches is easy but it's a pain with the detailed way I insist on doing it. I'm basically making it to where each switch sends power through a relay, but the sources can also trigger the relays. For example, reverse triggers the backup lamp relay, but the switch can manually turn on the backup lamps also. The benefit is I get dual functionality on all 4 switches. The downside is that it is a lot of wires and it is hard to make this clean. Also, to tie into reverse, high beam, etc, I needed to pull the dash apart to make it happen.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]118871[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>On the bright side, it gave me a chance to pull the steering wheel and understand how the horn works, so that I can finally swap to the leather wheel when I finish this project, plus I was able to see what it looked like early. I love the way it looks!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]118870[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="machoheadgames, post: 432630, member: 18789"] I suppose this thread could use an update. Still not driving it, been lazy lately. Well not really, but kind of. The last thing I wrote on here was about fixing the oil leak, which I still believe is fixed. I have run the engine a few random times and it seems to be good. We will see when I drive it still. Lately I have dug into a lot more work. To operate my fog lights, daytime running light, backup lights, and driving lights, I decided to install a switch panel to my trim panel. that part was easy, once I received the tuffy panel which took 10 months!! The switches themselves were easy enough to install, I used 4 different color Grote switches. They install into 1/2" round holes. I had to use various ohm rating resistors to get the indicators to all be relatively the same brightness. Also added a USB port to the dash which will run to the back of my stereo mounted console. [ATTACH type="full"]118869[/ATTACH] What has got me so busy personally is the work to install them. Ordinarily installing switches is easy but it's a pain with the detailed way I insist on doing it. I'm basically making it to where each switch sends power through a relay, but the sources can also trigger the relays. For example, reverse triggers the backup lamp relay, but the switch can manually turn on the backup lamps also. The benefit is I get dual functionality on all 4 switches. The downside is that it is a lot of wires and it is hard to make this clean. Also, to tie into reverse, high beam, etc, I needed to pull the dash apart to make it happen. [ATTACH type="full"]118871[/ATTACH] On the bright side, it gave me a chance to pull the steering wheel and understand how the horn works, so that I can finally swap to the leather wheel when I finish this project, plus I was able to see what it looked like early. I love the way it looks! [ATTACH type="full"]118870[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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