Mission Creep on a D-150
Some progress to report. As we all know, halfafish is a crap mechanic. So everything I do takes several times longer than it would for a normal person (a grouping that will clearly never include myself...). Previously the rear speakers were some "meh" 6x9's in a small box lying on the back floor. They didn't sound that good and slid all over the place. I scabbed some rear cab speaker mounts from a '90 D150 at the PNP. This truck had no provision for rear speakers but some mods got them installed. A Benjamin to Crutchfield for a new set of speakers and we are in business. I really like these, they are tucked well out of the way and sound lots better. The subwoofer will stay part of the system for now. If it's not big enough I have a big bruiser and equally big amp I can install instead.
I got the new gauges all wired up and installed. This took longer than I figured (no news there, eh?). But they came out nicely. I moved the trailer brake controller to make room for the gauges and like the location lots better. I also installed a hidden kill switch.
Lastly, I cleaned up the majority of the engine bay wiring. I left it loose when I got the truck going in case something needed fixing but everything is OK so I finalize the tach and new gauge wires and loomed up the back half of the wires. I'll loom the rest when the engine is back in the truck so I can get the length and runs correct. From this:
To this:
I figured I'd better stop playing chicken with degreeing the cam so I dived into it. Much to my surprise I think I got it right. I'm going to do some consulting with folks that know what they are doing, and if it looks good it's time to hang the exterior hardware and get then engine ready for break-in.
Some progress to report. As we all know, halfafish is a crap mechanic. So everything I do takes several times longer than it would for a normal person (a grouping that will clearly never include myself...). Previously the rear speakers were some "meh" 6x9's in a small box lying on the back floor. They didn't sound that good and slid all over the place. I scabbed some rear cab speaker mounts from a '90 D150 at the PNP. This truck had no provision for rear speakers but some mods got them installed. A Benjamin to Crutchfield for a new set of speakers and we are in business. I really like these, they are tucked well out of the way and sound lots better. The subwoofer will stay part of the system for now. If it's not big enough I have a big bruiser and equally big amp I can install instead.
I got the new gauges all wired up and installed. This took longer than I figured (no news there, eh?). But they came out nicely. I moved the trailer brake controller to make room for the gauges and like the location lots better. I also installed a hidden kill switch.
Lastly, I cleaned up the majority of the engine bay wiring. I left it loose when I got the truck going in case something needed fixing but everything is OK so I finalize the tach and new gauge wires and loomed up the back half of the wires. I'll loom the rest when the engine is back in the truck so I can get the length and runs correct. From this:
To this:
I figured I'd better stop playing chicken with degreeing the cam so I dived into it. Much to my surprise I think I got it right. I'm going to do some consulting with folks that know what they are doing, and if it looks good it's time to hang the exterior hardware and get then engine ready for break-in.