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so i finally got around to finishing up my truck this weekend. i did the other valve cover gasket, brass cap, rotor, wires, u joint in the driver wheel, and fixed that adjuster arm on the driver drum.
i noticed that the wire going to my hood light has another connector about half way up with nothing plugged into it, did these trucks come with an auxiliary light that you can plug in there? what is that thing for?
the reason i put the whoops title is because when i did the wires i had the routing written on the back of my hand to make it easier, with a front arrow and everything just like the haynes manual. i did the passenger side right, but when i did the driver side i read it off my hand upside down so instead of having it hooked up on the cap 1-3-5-7 i had them reversed 1 was on 7, 3 was on 5, 5 was on 3 and 7 was on 1.
it started just fine, sounded a little off though. I walked to the back of the truck and noticed that the exhaust smelled like gas. went to the engine and hit the throttle a little bit (maybe 1500rpm) and "POP!" i was just thinking wtf? did it again and "POP!" hmm... cut it off (maybe ran 1 min) and figured that i had a wire crossed somewhere. i checked and thats when i realized that it was totally backwards, the driver side header was just barely warm so i guess it got a little bit of fire.
i corrected the wires and started it. after a few seconds the exhaust smelled like it should and was running great, i revved it a couple times and saw that the backfiring knocked some rust loose from inside the pipes because it was on the ground under my exhaust tips.
the moral of the story is you should always double check what you just did to make sure you got it right the first time. well its either that or you could just not be absent minded.
i noticed that the wire going to my hood light has another connector about half way up with nothing plugged into it, did these trucks come with an auxiliary light that you can plug in there? what is that thing for?
the reason i put the whoops title is because when i did the wires i had the routing written on the back of my hand to make it easier, with a front arrow and everything just like the haynes manual. i did the passenger side right, but when i did the driver side i read it off my hand upside down so instead of having it hooked up on the cap 1-3-5-7 i had them reversed 1 was on 7, 3 was on 5, 5 was on 3 and 7 was on 1.
it started just fine, sounded a little off though. I walked to the back of the truck and noticed that the exhaust smelled like gas. went to the engine and hit the throttle a little bit (maybe 1500rpm) and "POP!" i was just thinking wtf? did it again and "POP!" hmm... cut it off (maybe ran 1 min) and figured that i had a wire crossed somewhere. i checked and thats when i realized that it was totally backwards, the driver side header was just barely warm so i guess it got a little bit of fire.
i corrected the wires and started it. after a few seconds the exhaust smelled like it should and was running great, i revved it a couple times and saw that the backfiring knocked some rust loose from inside the pipes because it was on the ground under my exhaust tips.
the moral of the story is you should always double check what you just did to make sure you got it right the first time. well its either that or you could just not be absent minded.
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this is that wire, don't mind the red and blue wires, those are for my lights.
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Does the plug on the wires going to your hood light look the same. Thanks for the pic