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    Trailer Brake problem, constant voltage on Brake wire

    You may have already said and I missed it; but, are you running these voltage tests with the trailer plugged or un-plugged from the truck ?? When a magnet wears through, it is a dead short to GROUND, kills ALL the trailer brakes, and makes a controller act weird. It is truly amazing when...
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    A discussion of hose clamps (yes, I CAN be that boring).......

    Every factory-original clamp on my 1978 K-20 Chevrolet, bought brand-new one owner, was that type. My belief is that the manufacturer purposefully uses a very easily broken bolt that will twist off before enough torque is applied to crush things. Liberal application of anti-sieze, both to...
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    Converting mechanical fuel pump to electric

    I see the hose-clamps you used are somewhat different from the worm-screw kind that is more common. Are those clamps specified for fuel-injection hose ?? What are the advantages and dis-advantages of using that particular type clamp in normal fuel-line applications ?? I can see that...
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    Converting mechanical fuel pump to electric

    YES; THANKS; very good to know. Before now, I only ever knew that there was the plain old BLUE and RED. Does that "oil tolerant" mean that it will work when it is not possible to get all the oil cleaned away ?? One more question : What is the gooey brown stuff smeared on the...
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    tekonsha commander xp brake controller

    I will second what RLDSL said about GROUNDing lights and such. For several years, I have not relied solely on screw-mount-point GROUNDing for lights or anything electric that I install. I go ahead and use the "skin"-GROUNDing with extreme attention to detail as if it were going to be the...
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    tekonsha commander xp brake controller

    The original posters thread has sort of become a general "how to wire a trailer plug" lesson. :) I hope he has already found the solution to his problem amongst all the knowledge already given. As for trailer cord/plug dependability and longevity, one thing I hate to see is a goose-neck...
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    tekonsha commander xp brake controller

    At least in the area where I mostly roam, the 6-pin round is king, especially on goose-neck live-stock and flatbeds. In all my many years of hauling, I have not as of yet backed under a trailer that had the cheapie 7-pin RV-type plug hanging from it; I know that may seem impossible to many of...
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    tekonsha commander xp brake controller

    I am fairly certain that is what it is called. :)
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    tekonsha commander xp brake controller

    One more bit of fatherly advice : Probably the best piece of advice I could give anyone intending to ever plug a trailer pig-tail into their truck is to FIRST establish a trailer-electrical "junction box" with at least seven threaded screw terminals; Del City offers a pre-made one in a neat...
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    tekonsha commander xp brake controller

    On many FORD trucks, stray pulses of current can back-feed through the cold side of the brake-light switch-wire --- the one you get the trailer-brake signal from. Several trailer-electrical concerns market a ? diode ? that is housed in a neat metal bracket that attaches adjacent to the...
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    tekonsha commander xp brake controller

    Myself, I highly dis-trust/dis-like all factory "trailer packages" and such stuff as "plug-n-play" adapters; they are usually cause for most trailer electrical woes. As for the good old trusty metal six-pin plug, many many people, even trailer manufacturers and sales people, wire the standard...
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    88 cab and chassis rear fuel tank straps

    I don't know what bearing it would have on the tank itself, but a cab-and-chassis is 34-1/2" outside measure at the frame, whereas a SRW or "dualie" measures more like 42" or thereabouts.
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    88 cab and chassis rear fuel tank straps

    Is the tank plastic or metal; they came either way. ?? I bought two different brands of "universal fuel-tank bands", NOS at swap-meets. These are galvanized steel strapping, somewhat heavy in gauge, about 1-1/4" wide, with spaced 1/4" holes throughout the length. Myself, I would bend...
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    While Washing Truck My Windshield Cracked....

    Thanks for the information. I may have the star-bursts repaired on the wife's truck, since from your experiences the repair makes the damage almost invisible. It is more a cosmetic thing with her truck; if those flaws were ever going to spread, they would have done so long ago. :)
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    While Washing Truck My Windshield Cracked....

    I am always seeing TV commercials about such concerns as SafeLite AutoGlass professionally injecting something in star-bursts and sealing them from moisture intrusion. I also see kits of stuff in the auto-parts and even Walmart for the do-it-yourselfer to do this themselves. Has anyone had...
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    While Washing Truck My Windshield Cracked....

    My 1985 is on windshield #8, if my memory is correct, or is it #9, anyway there have been quite a few. The last time, I asked my travelling windshield guy why my old 1978 Chevy, which has been abused in every bad kind of way, and has had boulders and anvils bounce across the glass, and yet it...
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    Blue box under dash

    Un-plug it and it won't buzz anymore. :) If I remember correctly, there are two such buzzer-boxes under there, a blue and a yellow one. One buzzes for the seat-belts and key in ignition; the other buzzes when head-lights are left ON. I could be wrong; both have been out of my truck...
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    very basic rim question

    Looks like plain old 7/8" solid --- not capped --- nuts to me. NEVER use an air-gun on lug-nuts, unless you don't care to have stretched studs, crossed threads, warped rims and rotors, and a host of other head-aches. Those ARE the correct center-caps and they insert from the back side of...
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    >>> RADIO / STEREO <<<

    Everyone has been so helpful to me in my speaker endeavors that I thought I would share the little trick I used to mark and fit my speaker cut-outs. When my new 6.5" round Pioneer speakers arrived, there was a perforated punch-out template made into the paste-board box. I didn't wish to...
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    >>> RADIO / STEREO <<<

    The factory speakers have a weird non-symetrical mounting pattern. This can be seen real well in those nice pictures so kindly provided by Mr. riotwarrior. If you have power-windows, then the 6.5" speakers are relatively easy. Like I discovered, if you have manual window cranks, then...
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    >>> RADIO / STEREO <<<

    Two questions; what is a "flip out" head unit ?? And, I keep seing the word "crossover"; what is meant ?? Thanks.
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    >>> RADIO / STEREO <<<

    SPEAKER WIRE QUESTION When I did the fronts, just to be sure that I had the polarities correct, I GROUNDed a test-light and put it to each of the wires. The one I had years ago labeled as " + " would light the bulb and sort of pulse with the music. The one I had labeled " - " yielded...
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    >>> SUBSCRIBED THREADS <<<

    :dunno SURELY SOMEBODY KNOWS HOW TO ACCESS USER CONTROL PANEL and SUBSCRIBED THREADS ??? :dunno
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    STP Oil Treatment

    Somebody, maybe me, has been fed some WRONG information. There is NO TEFLON in STP, at least not in genuine blue-bottle STP. I have religiously used STP in many applications for years. It is the absolute best thing to fill your vacuum pump reservoir. It is also the best choice for...
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    >>> RADIO / STEREO <<<

    One more observation that prodded my decision to relocate the door speakers to under the arm-rests is that, on my 1985 at least, the little slot openings in the door-panel only expose about 1/3 of a 6-1/2" speaker, with the other 2/3s being covered with solid plastic. The previous 5-1/4"...

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