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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 09:56 AM
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yeah just some dinky little AAA battery's so i left it on the bright setting all night just to test it out looked at it this morning and still nice bright

bet if someone was creative enough though they could wire it up to the truck battery
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 10:02 AM
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easy enough to do. how many batteries per light? 3?
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 10:22 AM
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thiers 4 lights each light contains 3 leds and thier 6 AAAs 3 to the left side and 3 to the right
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 10:57 AM
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nice... you wouldn't happen to have any pics of inside the cowel area, would you?
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With your new intake route did you do anything to divert the water that gets into your cowl (i.e. when it rains, or at the carwash) from going into your intake pipe? Just curious.

No pictures of the cowl area guys, sorry I was in a hurry to get the fender back on. The ducting is angled upwards at the bottom and is mounted a couple inches up off the bottom of the cowl interior so water can't get in there. This is just the first attempt. I'll be redoing it later on with some tubing and making a penetration through the cowl to mount a snorkel head, at least that is the plan.
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 11:22 AM
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There's a build thread on here soooooooooooooooooomewhere where a guy made a snorkel that went thru the cowl. Custom airbox, supra AFM. It was pretty trick...
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 11:27 AM
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There's a build thread on here soooooooooooooooooomewhere where a guy made a snorkel that went thru the cowl. Custom airbox, supra AFM. It was pretty trick...
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by andrewflores17
thiers 4 lights each light contains 3 leds and thier 6 AAAs 3 to the left side and 3 to the right
6 aaa's per light unit, or 6 for the whole fixture?
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 01:18 PM
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http://www.harborfreight.com/four-he...ght-96794.html


6 AAA overall
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 01:50 PM
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Here's one, hood latch easier access mod
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 01:56 PM
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Or this, cruise control and aftermarket A/C (both never used)
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 01:58 PM
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This looks like a mod but i have no idea what the purpose is, any clues?
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 02:26 PM
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im steeling that hood latch trick thats so simple gona save me alota headaches
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 02:56 PM
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This looks like a mod but i have no idea what the purpose is, any clues?

looks like pulling some slack out of the cruise control cable
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by andrewflores17
then you need a circuit like this:



it uses a piece of equipment known as a voltage regulator, which keeps the output voltage at a constant 9v, with a varying input (anywhere from ~10 to 24). the part number is 7809, and i can get a better diagram tomorrow (that one is just a stock photo). pretty easy to wire up and hide in where the batteries used to be
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by old fart
This looks like a mod but i have no idea what the purpose is, any clues?
if the dashpot is clogged, and/or the return spring is weak, that will act as the return spring. an easy $1 fix (no, it's not mine, but it's my best guess)
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by irab88
then you need a circuit like this:



it uses a piece of equipment known as a voltage regulator, which keeps the output voltage at a constant 9v, with a varying input (anywhere from ~10 to 24). the part number is 7809, and i can get a better diagram tomorrow (that one is just a stock photo). pretty easy to wire up and hide in where the batteries used to be

Haha i hate you Ian! hahaha
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Old Apr 12, 2011 | 05:14 AM
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ok ty for the chain link clues i'll have to check into those suggestions, i bought the truck 2 yrs ago, and didn't really notice it till this yr, lol.
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Old Apr 12, 2011 | 05:20 AM
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oh, the chain link? whoops. i have no idea what it's for. i was talking about the spring

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Old Apr 12, 2011 | 09:04 AM
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here's a better diagram of how to connect the parts


you'll use the 7809 part
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Old Apr 12, 2011 | 11:17 AM
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As was suggested, I'll throw this in here too.

IFS Passenger-Side Axle Stub Shaft Mod.
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I just finished up one of the three I've got. I used a 3/16" drill bit and a 1/4" 20 NC tap. I made the hole ~7/16" deep.

Looks like this when done correctly.


I'll probably use a shorter bolt 1/4" grade 8 bolt for pulling it. This one is for demonstration purposes.
Why do that you say?

Because this happens.
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The bolt gives you a pulling/prying point on the piece still stuck in the diff, making it possible to remove. It's held in by a flexible c-clip on the end that requires quite a bit of force to pull past the side-gear before it will slide out. Otherwise you'll have to remove the diff cover and force it out from the inside. This mod will turn a job that would normally take about an hour start to finish, into a 5 minute snap-of-a-finger-quick-bang-done-forget-it deal.

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