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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 06:34 PM
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Replaced the passenger door speaker that got ruined from muddin' the other day. The bottom of the door is rusted a little so mud and water got all up in there.



And just for the hell of it, this is my "custom" painted dash.







There are some rough spots but its not bad for a few coats of spray paint haha and I like it better than the wood grain.


And anyone know what these wires are for?



They hang down by the E-brake, but come from up around the headlight and power mirror switches. I know in the manual it says that the fog light switch (if equipped, which I dont have) is somewhere in that area (I think?) but I cant imagine that they would just run wires as if I did have fog lights, so yeah what are they? haha
 
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 10:00 PM
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started to finish the rewiring project on my truck but it got dark and started raining. so i went in my garage and finished setting up the rest of the connector wiring so it'll be ready for the sunshine. i also got a new cap and rotor to replace my rusty one.
 
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 01:29 AM
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Bought a new fail safe thermostat and gasket cause the present gasket is leaking pretty bad. Also, going to put all new shocks on this weekend.
 
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 03:08 AM
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I bought a bunch of $1 grey primer spray cans from walmart cuz I decided to paint the dak I'm selling. Blasphemy I know, esp for me being in school to be a body man but the paint was shot to hell and it needed something on it. I'm really surprised at how awesome its coming out. It's a total turn around and just looks cool to me. I don't know how it'll hold up but I think it'll be fine. What's the worst that could happen?. easy to touch up.
 
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Old Apr 15, 2010 | 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by melodytoinvent
Replaced the passenger door speaker that got ruined from muddin' the other day. The bottom of the door is rusted a little so mud and water got all up in there.



And just for the hell of it, this is my "custom" painted dash.







There are some rough spots but its not bad for a few coats of spray paint haha and I like it better than the wood grain.


And anyone know what these wires are for?



They hang down by the E-brake, but come from up around the headlight and power mirror switches. I know in the manual it says that the fog light switch (if equipped, which I dont have) is somewhere in that area (I think?) but I cant imagine that they would just run wires as if I did have fog lights, so yeah what are they? haha

they build cars/trucks with the same wireing harness's as all the others just for the ease of instalation and if you ever say didnt have power mirors you could instal them, the only thing they skimp on is the doors they dont put the wire harness in the manual doors but the holes are pre drilld for power locks and windows and you just get a salvage harness and install it run it thrue the jam and plug into the apropriat plug and your done. but i dont know what those plugs are for mine dont have the fog lights either so it could verry well be that
 
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Old Apr 17, 2010 | 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by fox87
they build cars/trucks with the same wireing harness's as all the others just for the ease of instalation and if you ever say didnt have power mirors you could instal them, the only thing they skimp on is the doors they dont put the wire harness in the manual doors but the holes are pre drilld for power locks and windows and you just get a salvage harness and install it run it thrue the jam and plug into the apropriat plug and your done. but i dont know what those plugs are for mine dont have the fog lights either so it could verry well be that

Thats what I had assumed. But I did work in a factory making F-150 mirrors and we DIDNT run the same harnesses, so I had second thoughts. Thanks for the reply though.
 
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Old Apr 17, 2010 | 11:33 PM
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after refacing my shed. my neighbor came over with a slide hammer and we tried to pull the dent out. didn't work
 
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Old Apr 20, 2010 | 01:29 AM
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Replaced the fuel filter (mine still has the inline style). Getting ready to do cap/rotor/plugs/wires.
 
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 11:43 PM
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i changed the rear diff oil and gasket today and painted the cover black
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 11:50 PM
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Installed a CD deck out of a '03 Neon. Wired up, works great, just doesn't line up with the bolt holes, and the deck is wider than the dash cover.
 
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