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    >>> RADIO / STEREO <<<

    Good old UPS dropped off a big card-board box full of Pioneer speakers today. I got hurricaned out of dump-trucking the next three days, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, so if it doesn't just rain torrentially, I am going to get these installed. After much research, question-asking, and...
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    >>> ANTENNA QUESTIONS <<<

    I had been playing with that possibility in my mind; I don't actually have the new antenna in hand yet. I plan to experiment with grafting the new onto the old base, if at all possible. Thanks.
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    >>> ANTENNA QUESTIONS <<<

    Considering that I live in a very rural area, I have decided to try this antenna to give my radio as much reception help that I can. http://www.amazon.com/Pyramid-3800-Antenna-BuiltIn-Booster/dp/B000VBFSN2/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=CV7BFPJA08OD&coliid=I1MDFU2O35RJD7 I have...
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    >>> RADIO / STEREO <<<

    The depth behind the speaker hole pictures are a real big help. Hopefully, my new speakers will arrive tomorrow. I am anxious to get this new project underway. :)
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    >>> RADIO / STEREO <<<

    Thanks for the component picture, BRANDONMAG. riotwarrior, Those are some really good, seldom seen, ideas. I like the idea of mounting the speakers INSIDE the sheet-metal, thus spacing them further back. I really like the MDF backer-board trick. What you are saying about the MDF...
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    foam filter suckedin turbo!!!

    The previous owner of my cousin's Cummins/Ford truck built a home-made cold-air intake using plain old hardware-store rubber plumbing boots, instead of actual intake boots. After my cousin had owned the truck for a few weeks, it sucked one of the plumbing boots through the turbo and the...
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    Steering column interchangability?

    Just to correct your terminology a wee bit : The "column" is the portion of the steering which is on the interior side of the fire-wall. The portion you describe as causing your problem is the "steering shaft". Ford really screwed up in their location of the "rag-joint" coupling down...
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    >>> RADIO / STEREO <<<

    How does one measure a speaker ??; do you measure the outer diameter of the biggest circle, or diagonally from screw-to-screw ?? I did a bit of investigating this evening and I have determined that one of my door speakers is barely making a sound, and what sound it is making is terrible. I...
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    >>> RADIO / STEREO <<<

    Actually, I had a bit of un-used real-estate under one of my seats that I had sort of figured on being a good place for an amp. My seats are captain's chairs; and, immediately underneath the seat tracks are 1/4" steel plates that are as big as the seat-bottoms plus a couple inches all around...
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    >>> RADIO / STEREO <<<

    In my quest for a radio that has the attributes I desire, I keep seeing "capable of playing WMA, etc., etc."; what is "WMA" ?? Also, Many units have TWO amp cables, some have FOUR; with a 4-channel amp, is it necessary to have the 4-cable radio ?? I can wire anything up, fly a helicopter...
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    >>> SOUND DEADENING MATERIAL <<<

    I just did the math and E-Z-COOL is the best buy. Dynamat from Amazon with FREE shipping = $4.50/square-foot Peel & Seal store pick-up at LOWEs = $1.32/square-foot Frost King foam duct insulation store pick-up at LOWEs = $1.26/square-foot E-Z-COOL 4 x 10 $33.50 plus $8.50 S&H costs...
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    >>> SOUND DEADENING MATERIAL <<<

    I have been meaning to get that stuff ever since you posted it in an A/C discussion. Like RSDSL says, it would also be great above a head-liner. I am a bit afraid to be messing with my head-liner, though, as it is still tight as a drum; very rare for a vehicle as old as mine. Thanks.
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    >>> RADIO / STEREO <<<

    I know what you mean about the newer stuff being overly complicated; if one loses the owner's manual, it is nigh impossible to operate it. Thanks for answering my questions about the JVC. I just noticed that the radio/CD-player in the wife's truck is a JVC, but it lacks the USB ports and...
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    >>> SOUND DEADENING MATERIAL <<<

    Some years ago, a member posted about finding and using a product from LOWES or HOME DEPOT, a roofing product if I recall, that was identical to the drastically expensive DYNAMAT, at about 1/10 the cost. I have searched for that thread to no avail. What other much less expensive solutions...
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    >>> RADIO / STEREO <<<

    I just looked at the JVC receiver on Amazon, but the information details were quite lacking. I assume the big round thing is the volume knob, right ?? It is also a radio, right ?? If it is indeed a FM radio, how does one switch from one pre-selected station to another ?? What is...
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    >>> RADIO / STEREO <<<

    Thanks for all the ideas; keep them coming. :) A couple questions come to mind after reading these replies. 1. BLUETOOTH ABILITY : What various benefits does one gain with a stereo that has "bluetooth" ?? 2. TWO-CHANNEL AMP : What is meant by the channels and are there also...
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    >>> RADIO / STEREO <<<

    What can I add to my radio that will give it a bit more volume ?? I am not interested in vibrating people's bedroom windows and cracking block walls; I just want to be able to hear the radio clearly over the engine's roar. The factory-original stereo in my son's 1990 W-250 is loud and...
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    Brownie X2!!!

    I kept my 6.9 IDI; it's still hooked to the chain-hoist that un-loaded it off the back of my Cumminized F-350 some six or more years ago. Some day, twenty or so years from now, maybe I will freshen it up and use it to power something. :)
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    steering wheel

    I like to learn at least one real good bit of information every day. That bit of wisdom right there took care of today. Thank you, MEL. :)
  20. M

    CRIMMINIE!!!!!

    Way back when nothing had even vacuum-boosted brakes, I can many times remember hearing "be careful with that thing; it's got booster-brakes and it'll throw you through the windshield." I need to get my ducks in a row and convert my truck to hydro-boost. If my trailers had electric...
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    Any upgrages for side mirrors?

    I also scored a set of stainless motorized/heated WestCoast heads at a swap-meet. I need to experiment with the big wad of wires hanging under each one and see which wire does what.
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    Any upgrages for side mirrors?

    I just finished installing a set of freshly painted BLACK WestCoast mirrors on the son's 1990 W250, complete with six-inch stainless spots and they are a HUGE upgrade over the sexy little useless mirrors that were originally on there and it looks a lot more like a real truck now. At a...
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    steering wheel

    The KEY statement in your question is the part about the turn-signal cancelling. You can re-clock the steering-wheel on the column to a fare-the-well and that will not correct the turn-signal situation. It reads to me like your problem needs to be addressed at the drag-link adjustment...
  24. M

    electric pump location

    I am not sure of your question; are you asking where to mount the pump or where to get the 12-volt power ??
  25. M

    Any upgrages for side mirrors?

    I just can't make myself see anything good about any of those later-model plastickey-looking can't-see-down-the-side-of-a-trailer mirrors. Mirrors are supposed to be stainless-steel or painted steel and firmly bolted onto the doors in about a dozen places; thus, you can mount numerous...

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