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    Ram 2500 domelight wiring question

    I have a crewcab 2500 The kids like having the rear dome on so I replaced the stocker with one from a higher trim level that has a switch in it Run a keyed hot to it and done, right? One my truck there was a ground on the left post, and a switched hot on the center (that on gets power when...
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    need help with a switch

    i added a rear blade to the plow over the summer and now that ive been using it, ive noticed i dont like the switches the switches are the most basic normally open momentary switches one wire in, one wire out now, what i want is either one switch with two positions, or two momentary push...
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    Found me a gremlin

    With the seasons changing I've been putting the plow truck through the paces I found it had a strange issue, wel several, really The first thing I noticed was that my back up light were not working properly No big deal, I'm running a few LED spots hooked up to the OEM back up wiring, so...
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    Name please

    Hey guys, I need 4 of these little doohickies to connect a switch, but I don't know what they are called They look like a spade connector, but are only half the width of those
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    fuse panel replacement

    morning Gents i just installed another gauge in my duster and i thought to myself, what a rats nest this wiring is i think my duster only has 4 spots on its fuse panel and it uses those little glass tubes, kinda like the one Doc Brown used to get the plutonium into the flux capacitor, only...
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    tick-tick-tick-tick

    so the duster has been running a bit rough, not as powerful as it should, sometimes backfiring on shifts, and getting hard to start once warmed up I figured id check the simple things first, and took apart the fuel filter found a little bit of crud in there, but not bad for running a fuel tan...
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    battery or alternator failing?

    this is on my plow truck it has a volt meter which used to stay pretty steady at 13-14 today i was out plowing and it looked liked the voltage on the gauge dropped way more then usual when i run the hydraulics, down to 8 what really caught my attention is that it takes longer and longer to...
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    melting headlight connectors

    hey guys im working on the family car, 2013 CX-9 with the regular halogen headlights H-11 bulbs my passenger side bulb had burned out (i thought) and when i went to replace it i noticed the socket had melted a little on the contacts no biggy, ran out to vatozone and bought a new one cut the...
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    intermittent wiper mod?

    ive been driving the bronco plow truck and it does not have intermittent wipers (neither does the duster, but it doesnt bother me much there because i dont drive it in the rain/snow on much...at least not on purpose) so, is there any way to change out the switch maybe? (i did that on a mitsu...
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    turn signals stopped flashing

    71 duster, originally a /6, now a 408 auto been about a week since i drove the car, and when i went to take my boy to school this morning i noticed my turn signals werent working when i turn them on the bulb will light up, the indicator on the dash will light up, but both will be on solid...
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    ballast resistor on wiper motor interchangable with an ignitin one?

    I have a 2 speed wiper motor on my duster it looks like the thingy that is mounted on there, which makes it run slow, is missing (all I have is full bore) so I'm guessing if I find one of those doohickeys, I could install it and get slow going again? EDIT:MORE INFO si I just...
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    foglights in the grille?

    so I'm thinking about adding foglights to my 71 duster I don't want to mess up the looks of the car, so here is my thought...could I replace the small running lights with the indicators, which fit in between the headlights, with a set of foglights? does anyone make a bolt in replacement...
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    best place to source electric choke wire?

    hey guys I am looking to hook up the electric choke on my 600 CFM carb (eddie) im supposed to have a keyed 12 volt source is there a wire that is preffered? the coil seems like the most obvious choice but I don't know if its a good idea to tap into the positive wire going to that...
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    tail lights staying on

    hey guys I noticed an interesting problem over the last few days it appears my tail lights stay on when the ignition is off of course over the timespan of a night this is enough to drain the battery and ive found out that modern cars don't have the juice to crank the old V8 around...
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    is this right ? (alternator wires)

    so, Im finally making some leadway on the duster I dropped the 360 in and I was in the process of hooking up all the wires when I did this it sure felt right and the wires "fall" in that spot naturally (the blue and green ones) but that left me with these two wires, about a foot...
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    when changing to an HEI distributor...

    I can get rid of the ballast resistor right? (I have a 71 duster, that came with a points ignition /6 and im dropping in a 360 with a skip white distributor) the ballast resistor has 2 post with 2 wires each can I just cut them at the harness, splice all 4 together and tape it up?
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    dumb coil question

    hey guys I am about to swap my /6 with a 360 (the car is a 71 duster) I am planning on using a skip white style HEI in cap single wire distributor will the existing coil from the /6 work or do I need a different coil aswell ? thanks guys
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    what dizzy to use?

    hey guys im prepping a 360 to swap into my 71 duster the 360 is a 75 (electronic ignition) and the car is a /6 with points the distributor cap on the 360 is cracked so I figured I might as well replace the whole thing to make the conversion easier Im considering one of the 2 wire...
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