My new pain in the neck (cab lights)

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Aug 8, 2009 | 11:18 PM

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dodge15004x45.9

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HA HA Max would burn the truck down if he soldered. Dude you ****ed something up somewhere. If I wasn't busy tomorrow I would tell you to swing by or something and I would help ya out.

You sounded so busy on the phone tonight?

Aug 8, 2009 | 11:30 PM

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What he was actually using are refered to as scotch locks which you use pliers to push the metal tab down to pierce into the wires to make the connection. He wasn't using quality crimps of any kind. I have the Bluepoint soldering torch and a Bernsomatic mini butane torch with the blower attachment for shrinking tubing. That is an awesome setup for automotive work. I have a Weller 2000 with digital adjustable temp settings for bench work which I highly reccomend for quality work.

Aug 8, 2009 | 11:32 PM

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Laramie1997

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I know he used butt connectors in the work somewhere...

Aug 8, 2009 | 11:39 PM

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I didn't know you had all these issues. I was bored as hell tonight. I can even solder and have a iron with the digital temp deal. My mom brought it home from one of her former work places. I learned from her

Aug 8, 2009 | 11:50 PM

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Yeah he used butt connectors on the very last light which is the only one he has working. The first four are wired with scotch locks. The set of lights he has must be wired in parallel in order for the last light to work and the first four don't.

Aug 9, 2009 | 02:23 AM

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i stole that pic form vman..... **** my hands are never that clean or girl looking

oh and thank fo clearing up my light question

Aug 9, 2009 | 12:12 PM

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i thought most new cab lights are self grounding??

hey thats my hand in the picture. along with my cab lights. and mine arent recon. They are some off brand that i found at advanced auto parts for 17 bucks.

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Aug 9, 2009 | 01:22 PM

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why do some people call it a volt meter and some call it a multi meter?

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Different slang I guess. I was in an Oriely's down in Dallas Texas a few years ago (Blew the fan belt off the motor home at 75 MPH That was fun.

) While we were in there, I saw the same "meter" called: 1. Volt Meter 2. OHM Meter and 3. Multi-Meter. To me it's kinda like the Pop Vs: Soda thing.

Its actually simpler than the pop vs. soda thing. By the way, its pop. Whichever of the two you think it is, I think we can both agree that calling everything "Coke" is ridiculous (darn southerners).

Anyway, a voltmeter measures volts, thats it. An ohm meter measures ohms, just ohms. A multimeter can be switched to at least two different types of measurements, whether it be volts, ohms, or combination with anything else.

Aug 9, 2009 | 04:20 PM

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then i have a multi meter. craftsman autoranging multimeter 81437 and it'll do just about everything, only cost me 35 bucks because sears was discontinuing that model.