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Rewiring - Finishing Up - Part 8
Topic: Electrical   Posted:2009-11-08
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I have never had an old truck where the dash lights worked, let alone a working dimmer hooked up correctly. As an added bonus, I simply love the light pipe that provides a glowing dot on the gear selector via a bundle of optical fibers. Click on the picture to see the video:

Light Pipe


Running the wires to the back was something that I dreaded. I hate crawling around under the truck. It isn't as bad as it used to be. I used to actually get nauseous looking up at the bottom of a car. I still do a tiny bit. Luckily I have a decent creeper. I think it is a red creeper, maybe salmon, but the guys at Harbor Freight had a good time calling it pink. Anyway, here is the start of the journey for the wires that need to go to the tail:

wiring

I used some split plastic tubing to protect tie wires:

wiring

You can see it fits well and is neat:

wiring

The reverse lights, license plate light, parking lights, and the left turn signal lights are on in this video (click picture to view):

tail lights


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