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    Wiring up an old school work truck with some old school gear.

    Got back behind the seat today, plotting and scheming. Saw a series of big bolts back there. Problem solved. Still curious what the limits of the Aux outs on the vehicle distribution block under the hood are. Unless I hear otherwise, I will assume the 30 amp fuses are the max rated and simply...
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    Wiring up an old school work truck with some old school gear.

    Thanks for the link. Those might be a better option. I've seen them used in doors and kick panels, never occurred to me to use something like that, have to get some dimensions and look again. Thanks.
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    Wiring up an old school work truck with some old school gear.

    I'm pretty sure ill pass on yanking that back seat and pulling apart all the panels. I've done other vehicles and understand the snowball of that whole mess. And besides, I've got about half a day to wrap it up and have it ready to go back to work. With the weather breaking, I'm about to get...
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    Wiring up an old school work truck with some old school gear.

    Dead horse bump. 120 views, nothing but crickets.
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    Wiring up an old school work truck with some old school gear.

    Wow, 90+ views, and not even a snarky comment? Anyway, today I rounded up the odds and ends. Pulled all the wires. 3 sets of RCA's (one extra just in case), bi-wires to the doors (just in case) Drivers side door plate was rusted stuck. Funny to be putting a system in a beat old truck. Feel like...
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    Wiring up an old school work truck with some old school gear.

    Note to admin: feel free to move this to the appropriate forum. Thanks. Snowballs rolling. Recent spring cleaning pushed a decision as "what to do with all that gear from way back"? I've got a decent pile of old gear that should be "gud nuff". The old work truck is a 98 GMC 1500 extended cab...
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