New fella from Oregon

[6.5stayinalive]

Here's the thread with pics of the rear window mod. Enjoy

http://www.thetruckstop.us/forum/sh...ws-Extended-Cab-Pickups&highlight=rear+window

Don

That looks even better than what I had in mind. Awesome job! Do they open as far as the old manual ones?

And the headlight mod: Did you buy a kit or figure it out yourself?

 

[handcannon]

That looks even better than what I had in mind. Awesome job! Do they open as far as the old manual ones?

And the headlight mod: Did you buy a kit or figure it out yourself?

I don't remember exactly how far the manual setup opened, but it is real close to the same.

As far as the headlight mod, I thought I found directions and a diagram for it here on this site, but now I can't find it. The general idea is to find the low and high beam headlight wires in the loom that crosses the drivers side inner fender. You tap into the high beam wire, don't cut it, and use that to trigger a relay. You wire in the low beam wire to the relay and an accessory 12V+ for power . When the high beam is on the relay then is triggered to turn on the low beams, which then runs off the accessory 12V. This is a very crude explanation, and not necessarily enough info to accurately wire the mod in. It is not expensive, or hard to do as long as you know the basics of automotive wiring, which I'm certain you do. I'll keep looking for the diagram and as soon as I find it I'll pass it on.

Since the stock wiring is soooo light, it would be very easy to go a bit farther and use the stock wiring and switch to power both low and high beams direct from the battery and on heavier wire through a couple relays. I didn't do this, but maybe this winter sometime when I need something to do.

Don

 

[6.5stayinalive]

I don't remember exactly how far the manual setup opened, but it is real close to the same.

As far as the headlight mod, I thought I found directions and a diagram for it here on this site, but now I can't find it. The general idea is to find the low and high beam headlight wires in the loom that crosses the drivers side inner fender. You tap into the high beam wire, don't cut it, and use that to trigger a relay. You wire in the low beam wire to the relay and an accessory 12V+ for power . When the high beam is on the relay then is triggered to turn on the low beams, which then runs off the accessory 12V. This is a very crude explanation, and not necessarily enough info to accurately wire the mod in. It is not expensive, or hard to do as long as you know the basics of automotive wiring, which I'm certain you do. I'll keep looking for the diagram and as soon as I find it I'll pass it on.

Since the stock wiring is soooo light, it would be very easy to go a bit farther and use the stock wiring and switch to power both low and high beams direct from the battery and on heavier wire through a couple relays. I didn't do this, but maybe this winter sometime when I need something to do.

Don

I haven't used relays before, but I got some info about how they work and I know exactly what you're talking about. I lost the rear main seal in my good truck Sunday evening (luckily I noticed the massive oil puddle on the ground while it was parked, not running, it was just pissing oil out the bottom ) while I was in La Grande, just getting ready to head back to WW. My heater core recently started leaking, and my wiper motor is getting weak, so I've got some work to do on it this weekend. My dad was nice enough to let me borrow his '03 LB7 to get back to WW for the week, and Saturday or Sunday I'm going to bring the truck into a Ford dealership in LG that my buddy works at and get the rear main taken care of. As soon as the vitals are assessed, I'm going to try out the headlight mod. Sounds very simple.

 

[BIGR]

Welcome to The Truck Stop, Nate.

 

[handcannon]

Just wondering how the situation with the rear main turned out?

I've been real busy with fencing here, working with the new neighbor to get the back side of their place and the back side of our place fenced for their horses. In his last years my dad let things go here, and the old neighbor did the same, so blackberries had overgrown everywhere, even 30 to 40 ft up into the fir trees. It's amazing what can hide under a canopy of blackberries. We're down to putting up the new fence now, but we're also now dealing with rain and MUD.

I have been rather slow with keeping up here due to the fencing, but as things slow down I'll be doing better. Keep me posted how things go for you.

Don