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Old Jul 28, 2016 | 09:24 PM
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Did you know- Fuse Panel Access?

So as I'm fighting with the alarm yesterday, I finally decide to dig out the "brain" and go from there. I start to get into the fuse block and guess what I did?




Loosened the top and bottom bolts near the left side of the fuse block, removed the one at the top right area with the plastic/metal combination, and unhooked the plastic clip on the right end/side.

The fuse block/fuse box just PIVOTS out of the way to give GREAT ACCESS under the dash!

I have some under the dash wiring coming up, so this is a MAJOR help.

I'm probably the last person to find this out

BTW, I was hooking my DEI Bitwriter up to the alarm module. MUCH better now, LOL.
 
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Old Jul 28, 2016 | 09:33 PM
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I did not know that, thanks! I assume that is only good for those of us with a 2002-up?
 
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Old Jul 28, 2016 | 10:28 PM
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I did not know that, thanks! I assume that is only good for those of us with a 2002-up?
No idea. I didn't know MINE did this, LOL.
 
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Old Jul 29, 2016 | 12:24 PM
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I see some bare wires in that pic
 
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Old Jul 30, 2016 | 07:48 AM
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if you have an older truck with the GEM module, this is how you access the module. it is bolted to the back of the fusebox.
 
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Old Jul 30, 2016 | 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by knottyrope
I see some bare wires in that pic
Oh yeah?

Now that I can get better access, I'll be in there wiring soon and get it fixed

Accessing the GEM on older trucks? Cool, guess they pivot, too.

 
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Old Jul 30, 2016 | 08:23 AM
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nope, you remove the bolts and drop the fuse box down out of the dash hole.
 
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Old Jul 30, 2016 | 12:41 PM
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Frankly, I thought you were going to say "ZZZZZZiTTT, POOF!"
 
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