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Old 02-12-2011, 07:05 PM
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Elocker skid on



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Nice job on the install. When are we gonna see action pics?
Old 02-12-2011, 11:01 PM
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Looks KILLER, Matt! how stoked are you to try it out? hell, im stoked to WATCH you try it out... lol...
but now that you have that axle in there, the rest of your undercarriage just looks...dirty...
Old 02-13-2011, 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Jaino240
Nice job on the install. When are we gonna see action pics?
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Looks KILLER, Matt! how stoked are you to try it out? hell, im stoked to WATCH you try it out... lol...
but now that you have that axle in there, the rest of your undercarriage just looks...dirty...
I wanna try it right now haha well have to go back out to Prairie city to try it out but I still have a few things to do with the locker it's in but not hooked up yet I'll post alot more pics of the locker being wired up the axle swap is straight forward, it will get dirty and look like the rest of the truck soon enough lol won't even notice

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Old 03-07-2011, 08:14 AM
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Sorry its taking me so long to get the elocker harness installed moneys been a bit tight had to pay registration and smog so roughly $300 later im finally getting around too it, gotta love california

I installed my Blue sea fuse block over the weekend in prep for the elocker i should of done one of these as my first mod,





it needs a bit of cleaning up but everything works, ill post another pic of it cleaned up

I also went back to my stock headlights

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nice work with the fuse/battery work! inspiration to get my battery-intake swap cleaned up
Old 03-07-2011, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by MKtaco_98

I also went back to my stock headlights


Shoot.. I would have bought those stockers from you if I knew you still had them...
What was wrong with those aftermarket ones?


Old 03-07-2011, 01:24 PM
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Shoot.. I would have bought those stockers from you if I knew you still had them...
What was wrong with those aftermarket ones?


i had to cut the seal on the back to install the hids but the side effect of that was all the dust gets inside the headlight, just got tierd of dealing with it



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Ahh. Didn't know you had HID's. Oops.



Old 03-07-2011, 02:40 PM
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No biggie, Hey wanted to ask you how your Fumoto oil drain valve was working out for you, does it get stuck at all or full of mud?
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Originally Posted by MKtaco_98
No biggie, Hey wanted to ask you how your Fumoto oil drain valve was working out for you, does it get stuck at all or full of mud?
Nope, haven't had any issues with the thing. Go for it dude, you won't be let down! Your brother actually txted me about it earlier.


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Ya only reason he hasn't installed it is he heard the spring fails inside it switches to open while your driving just all bad lol but being able to just flip a switch and change your oil is a sweet deal, good to hear you haven't had any issues I'm gonna give it a shot and install it, mike was saying you added something to make it more secure?
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im just gonna install mine... I found it in the closet earlier. Ill toss a hose clamp and a hose on it. should be nice to do oil changes with the skid plate on.
Old 03-07-2011, 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by MKtaco_98
Ya only reason he hasn't installed it is he heard the spring fails inside it switches to open while your driving just all bad lol but being able to just flip a switch and change your oil is a sweet deal, good to hear you haven't had any issues I'm gonna give it a shot and install it, mike was saying you added something to make it more secure?
One of these holding the lever shut


Only takes a pair of linemans pliers to get those off..


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Finally finished up the Fuse block install got it all cleaned up

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Old 03-16-2011, 09:43 AM
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Blue Sea Fuse Block Install

Ive gotten alot of questions about this mod costs how i installed it so on so here it goes.

Amazon.com

Fuse Block Ato 6 Circuit With Ground $37.98

Blue Sea 5102 125A SEA Fuse $7.55

BLUE SEA 5001 FUSE BLOCK MEGA 100-300A $17.78

x2 Stinger Pro Series 4 Gauge Translucent Red Power Wire $1.49

x2 Stinger Pro Series 4 Gauge Translucent Black Power Wire $1.49

x2 Stinger 4 Gauge Crimp Style Ring Terminal ( 2 Pair ) $3.50

Ace Hardware

x6 4mm bolts ( be sure to check the bolts in both fuse blocks as they require different bolt lengths if you want it flush)

You might need to upgrade your battery terminals as well i found my negative terminal had no way of mounting to it, i grabbed a set of terminals from autozone lots of selections

Install is straight forward as you see in the pictures below





be sure to leave some slack in your wire if you install the fuse block were i did so you can still get to your stock fuses







enjoy
Old 03-30-2011, 09:20 AM
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Got the 550's on the Bed bar Switches finally installed and Wab Fab Slider Adaper







Switches Red Toggle is Locker Rockers are Hella's





Old 05-21-2011, 06:19 PM
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Got my Elocker wired up today I used the harness from Inchworm, they give you everything you need and then some, I ended up removing the resistor from the harness it got way to hot, enough to melt the wires so I would recommend not using it works without it if not better,

Wiring Diagram

My Mess


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IZII8ULOfE
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man... i need all my junk wired up like that...
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MK, ... DANG! Sweet wiring job and nice on the e-locker! Very nice, clean work!


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