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So I'm installing the LAST speaker... and EVERYTHING else is hooked up (I've already tested the radio & it works - got no signals though, until the I realized the antenna mast had not been installed!  ) and READY to go... when the wife calls with the pathetic voice - "I GOTTA lay down... can you watch the kids?" 


So I'm ONE speaker installation away from having QUADRAPHONIC sound    - when she gets up later on, I'll take the JVC and take some footage of the final product (Kenwood looks SCHWEET in the dash!!!).  I already have a CD labeled "RAMCHARGER Music, Vol, 1,' so we'll pop that in, and see if we blow up the speakers, amp, stereo, or truck first! 

Quote from: crazzywolfie on July 03, 2014, 08:12:14 PMif anything the other people i am working with usually get shocked

Talk about giving everybody ELSE a short fuse... 

Woot - woot!  New electrical goodies!  Oh - and we're going with a 7290 rear yoke for the new driveshaft.  Shaftmasters is $25 cheaper than Denny's, so I gotta order that after the weekend.

Quote from: crazzywolfie on July 03, 2014, 07:30:27 AM
i am good with electrical . i don't mind a little electrical work as long as my truck don't burn down lol

ELECTRIC SPAGHETTI!!!  I used to make that all the TIME in the '80's!     I gave it up, for vehicles with better stereo systems. 

Now I'm trying NOT to fry myself either - especially since a BIG batch of my electrical gear arrived today!   

Quote from: SixGun on July 02, 2014, 10:03:39 PMI need to get a deep pan kit still.

Been veddy, veddy, good to me! 

Quote from: crazzywolfie on July 02, 2014, 08:22:13 PM
if you got the kits is should easy. pretty much plug the adapter kit in and hook up the same color wires together.

Between the remnants of the previous owner's car alarm, electric trailer brake, and other "miscellany," under the dash has been an adventure, to say the least.  Then there's my electrical port wiring, CB & scanner, and aftermarket stereo & amp install going on as well.  If it all works & the truck doesn't burn to the ground when all is done, this should be considered as TWO of my three miracles towards sainthood in the Church of Rome...




... and I'm LUTHERAN! 

Quote from: Dracen knights on July 02, 2014, 06:53:11 PM
next is to install 12v power outlets throughout and  120 outlets throughout as well...

SPEAKING of which...  that's the FIRST thing electrical I've installed that works so far!   


  Four 12v outlet bank, with a 10amp fuse on the plug.  Installed ANOTHER power port to the left of the ash tray, fused it at 20amps, and it all WORKED!


After 4 hours working on the stereo yesterday (combined with the 20 or so hours ALREADY spent on it), and another 2 1/2 hours today...


  I'm JUST about ready to physically install the stereo in the dash.  Gotta trim the excess tabs off the aftermarket fitment fascia - also gotta figure where to place the second USB pot, which is on a cord coming out the backside of the stereo.  It's TEMPTING to figure our a way to fit it flush in the dash... but we'll hafta wait and see on that one...

When I win the powerball, that crate engine goes in the Ramcharger! 

Quote from: crazzywolfie on July 02, 2014, 01:36:28 PM
looks like your doing something wrong installing a stereo is easy. just make sure to get a dodge face plate kit and wiring harness kit and install should go smooth. those 2 kits should cost less than $40 total. i think they are about $20 each but might be cheaper.

I HAVE the kit.  It's the amp, the stereo, & the speakers that are a hootenanny... 


Oh yeah - and wiring the CB and 'accessories'...

I hate stereo installs...   







That is all... 

After 8 years, and a COUPLE of false starts, I'm about to FINALLY get my stereo installation done!


Who else has done one, and what have you got?  Post lots of pics if you can, so we can see what's what and get some ideas.


I'm going without a subwoofer at the present (I know - practically UN-heard of in these days, but news/talk stations always sounds weird through one...  ), although my Kenwood stereo supports one.  I might fiddle with it later, so I wouldn't mind seeing what y'all have done on your installations.  Because of other interior goodies, I'm a bit cramped for space, which is why I'm especially keen on seeing what HAS been done in other folks' installs.

Quote from: crazzywolfie on June 28, 2014, 08:19:36 PM
shouldn't talk about your font bumper like that. it might save your life one day . the 2wd trucks are also pretty heavy up front. have you seen how big the engine cross member is on them compared to the 4x4's

I BUILT a 1/25th scale model of a Little Red Express many decades ago (one of my best friends in hi skrool had a '79 model, and it was a SCREAMER!!!  ) - it seemed to have a big crossmember, as I recall... 


I was shopping G2 one-piece axles in a 4wp mag while on the throne this morning - DEFINITELY an upcoming project...


In happier news, we got the new oil seal & cardon flange installed yesterday evening, so I'm off to Pittsburgh Driveshaft (FINALY!) to get my new driveshaft ordered!!!  Stand by for OLD driveshaft parts for sale, shortly. 

Ok - who's ready for this potboiler?   




https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xBH25XxM-7g




From the trailer alone, I'm pretty sure this is gonna make "Twister" look like "Masterpiece Theater."     Like, "Sharknado," but without the humor. 


I'm a storm chaser, so I'm GONNA be there, but you better believe I'm packin' Nachos, hotdogs, TWO large Cokes, and the endless Tub o' Buttered for this piece of cinematic cheese.  I'm goin' for the CGI and the Dolby Surround Sound - I expect a 2 hour bowl of noise, and I'm pretty sure that's what I'm gonna get! 

Quote from: Toyradio on June 29, 2014, 07:24:30 AM
We are supposed to be out of here the 25th of July. We will be headed back to Texas then. I must admit it won't happen fast enough. I cannot understand how or why people live here. Going to take a couple weeks off and work around the house. Then get out and look for something. 

Kinda hard to eat your Wheaties without them....


Just remember, click your ruby slippers together three times while saying, "I want to go home... I want to go home..." & thus is the way out of KS! 

Quote from: crazzywolfie on June 28, 2014, 10:29:23 AM
what wrong with RWD? Richard could probably pass your War Wagon which his RWD truck

NOTHING at all... assuming you're not pushing several hundred pounds of useless scrap iron on the FRONT of the truck WITH your RWD! 


Got the right seal today - after 3 fruitless hours at Autozone, Advance Auto, and Lowes, NOBODY has the right size Grade 8 fasteners, so I bit the bullet and ordered 'em from Denny's Driveshaft in NY.  ASSUMING we get the new seal & flange installed tomorrow, get the measurements, and get 'em to Hank first think Monday morning, he won't have the driveshaft ready 'til Tuesday afternoon, and the fasteners get here Wednesday morning. So there we have it.