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Door Tubes
I have door tubes from a truck from the junk yard. Does anyone have any advice on where to mount them on a '68? There's a hole in the door frame next to the door open sensor - should I use that? Is there a "best" place to drill the holes?
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Originally Posted by instig8r63
Am I the only one wondering what door tubes are?
Hey Peter, What in the heck is a door tube, where you come from???
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The opening behind the dome light switch leaves plenty of room for the tubes.... Another option is the contact switches that attach one to the door and one to the jamb and make contact only when the door is closed, no wires in the opeining....
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my 68 has no wires going to the doors.
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Dave; what are power openers, and door poppers? also wanted you to know how much I have valued your information and your aproach nomatter what terms you use
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Sorry for the long time getting back to this. I've been playing with my FJ40 while my '68 F250 is in Montana getting a diesel put in.
I am putting automatic door locks and speakers in the doors and the wires need to run and have protection. So I got some of the "accordian" rubber tubes that came on later trucks to use. I was about to start cutting up my doors and thought I had better get some advice from the folks here - and then my truck left town without me.
I hadn't thought about the fancy modern contact things, that's a good idea.
Peter
I am putting automatic door locks and speakers in the doors and the wires need to run and have protection. So I got some of the "accordian" rubber tubes that came on later trucks to use. I was about to start cutting up my doors and thought I had better get some advice from the folks here - and then my truck left town without me.
I hadn't thought about the fancy modern contact things, that's a good idea.
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They work ok, probably more of a show car thing then something for a daily driver though. The flex tubes from the newer pickups do an excellent job protecting the wires if they are installed correctly....