[Dr Jkel]

Wednesday December 28, 2011

Made the final check over the wiring harness to make sure we had everything installed....alot easier to do out of the truck.

Then we installed the harness into the truck, got it mounted to the firewall and ran where it needed to go....Of course we had to cut some of the wires because they were too long but that is better than being too short.

While Matt was zip tying the harness up and getting it mounted I took the front area harness out of the truck....this is the harness that will run from the firewall forward that goes to the lights, park lights, turn signals, horn etc........ to say it was a mess would be an understatement but was in-line with the rest of it....there simply is no method to the madness...there was fog light relays on the headlights???????? I have no clue why.

We got everything inside the firewall ran, wires cut, grounds routed etc...... We will have to drill the firewall bulkhead hole, drill holes for the grounds, and make connections but that is pretty simple stuff compared to where it was. It is amazing to look at where the instrument cluster goes...how neat it looks. I guess it is true what they say that no one will take care of your stuff like you do even if you pay them.

It was kinda getting late but before we quit we started thinking of LED lights...I had a 18" strip so we turned out the lights and kinda placed the strip at different locations around the truck....this is going to look killer at night...There are so many places to hide LEDs on this truck...Of course they will have to be installed after it is painted so we are quite a ways away but just thought it looked pretty neat.