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The truck saga continues. On the way home from church yesterday, Javier called me over. He is normally closed on Sundays but has been open the past two Sundays. Anyway, I tell him about the other mechanic stating the problem is in the brake light switch. He tells me he has a gray truck behind the shop that has one in it. He wanted my keys to bring the truck there. I told him it will not go out of park. So, he said he would have his mechanic come to the truck and fix it today. Free parts, and free labor. Sounds good to me. If it doesn't work, I can still buy the part and have the other mechanic fix it. However, it is not a $30 part. More like $68, so it would have to wait until next month. A friend of mine picked up an antenna for it from a junkyard but it does not fit. Come to find out it was taken off of a Chevy pickup. The antenna fits inside the hole but bottoms out before it can engage the threads. I will try to figure out a way to get it to work. Or, maybe just go to a stereo install shop and see if they have an adapter or something.
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It depends on the technology. The new generation of short antenna is better than the old, long antenna.
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On my truck, it was a simple swap for headlights. Some people had problems with the high beams and fog lights. Old LED lamps used an LED driver to equalize the load. Better LED are engineered to equalize the load internally. Some people installed load equalizer devices.
The marker, and turn signals required a LED relay, which was also simple. Better LED lamps are supposedly built to work without hyper flashing by drawing an equivalent load.
The marker, and turn signals required a LED relay, which was also simple. Better LED lamps are supposedly built to work without hyper flashing by drawing an equivalent load.
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I don't drive my truck at night much, except when I take it to the church on Wednesday nights. However, I have noticed they are not very bright. Of course, I know the lens are fogged after many years of use. I will probably buy new ones when I do decide to make the switch.
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Jim there’s a product called head light restore at Walmart, not sure how good it works but it will take the oxidation off the plastic lens , I did a test to one of my buddies headlights with backyard bug spray Off , it worked for a couple weeks , we get a lot of rain so I’m thinking it must’ve washed off because he said they were back to being frosted .
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I have a headlight restore kit around here somewhere. When I restored the headlight lenses of the 92 Ranger, I had the kit came with two applications. So, I can restore one more set of headlights, if I can find the kit. LOL That is not a high priority at the moment. Getting the truck fixed is. I will look for the kit eventually, but for now just want the antenna to work, and the truck to shift gears. Mechanic never showed up. So, I will wait a day or two. If he doesn't, then I'll just go back to the original plan of buying the brake light switch and having my niece's friend install it.
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