electrical issue
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I will have to double check when I get home....I know on the dash it has a spot the lights up for alt.
I went and got a new ignition switch.... going to install that as well as go over the grounds come Monday when I have a day off from work.
just want to drive me truck lol
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we thought that too but the fact of not having anything electrical, like lights etc we ruled it out, and its brand new(I know doesn't mean it cant be bad)
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Switch?
yeah the switch is a pain.... have to take the key lock out, then push it forward really hard then turn the bezel to release it off the switch then pull back on the switch to get it out. we took it out last Monday but had to put it back in since no parts stores had one to replace it that day, probably should've left it out lol
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The headlights definitely dont come on
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Here is a shot of my dash
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So I cleaned up the one ground on the block.... it was covered in dirt.
Still nothing though.....
Still nothing though.....
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Carefully. They will be corroded. Use your favorite penetrating oil and spray the junction so as to get some to wick in the innards. Let it set overnight and soak some more. They just pull straight out. The idea being not to pull the pins out from the wire during removal. Then clean the pins and receptacles out with more solvent and a small wire brush till they are shiny and bright. To keep them corroding again use vaseline or NO-OX, something like that. You're on the right track and ya gotta do all this stuff anyway, so.
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Carefully. They will be corroded. Use your favorite penetrating oil and spray the junction so as to get some to wick in the innards. Let it set overnight and soak some more. They just pull straight out. The idea being not to pull the pins out from the wire during removal. Then clean the pins and receptacles out with more solvent and a small wire brush till they are shiny and bright. To keep them corroding again use vaseline or NO-OX, something like that. You're on the right track and ya gotta do all this stuff anyway, so.
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I use a heat gun to warm up the connections some to help the two rubber halves to separate from one another. A hair drier can work, too, just takes a little longer. Won't help with any internal corrosion, but it does help with the rubber connectors.
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Gauges
You don't have the type of dash panel that has those gauges so you don't have to worry about that.
Where is that black an yellow wire connected on your fender apron? You should have a junction block with the alternator wire and that blk/yel wire and a short jumper wire to the Bat side of your starter relay. Make sure you have a good connection there. I'm going to post a picture of my fender apron and I hope it doesn't confuse things. I have the oil an amp gauges so there is a harness on mine that you don't have. But imagine that Black/red wire going to that junction block instead of that circuit breaker. that is what your wiring should look like.
Where is that black an yellow wire connected on your fender apron? You should have a junction block with the alternator wire and that blk/yel wire and a short jumper wire to the Bat side of your starter relay. Make sure you have a good connection there. I'm going to post a picture of my fender apron and I hope it doesn't confuse things. I have the oil an amp gauges so there is a harness on mine that you don't have. But imagine that Black/red wire going to that junction block instead of that circuit breaker. that is what your wiring should look like.
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You don't have the type of dash panel that has those gauges so you don't have to worry about that.
Where is that black an yellow wire connected on your fender apron? You should have a junction block with the alternator wire and that blk/yel wire and a short jumper wire to the Bat side of your starter relay. Make sure you have a good connection there. I'm going to post a picture of my fender apron and I hope it doesn't confuse things. I have the oil an amp gauges so there is a harness on mine that you don't have. But imagine that Black/red wire going to that junction block instead of that circuit breaker. that is what your wiring should look like.
Where is that black an yellow wire connected on your fender apron? You should have a junction block with the alternator wire and that blk/yel wire and a short jumper wire to the Bat side of your starter relay. Make sure you have a good connection there. I'm going to post a picture of my fender apron and I hope it doesn't confuse things. I have the oil an amp gauges so there is a harness on mine that you don't have. But imagine that Black/red wire going to that junction block instead of that circuit breaker. that is what your wiring should look like.