Truckin'Ain'tForSissies RCSB Dedicated Thread

[TruckinAin4Sissies]

There's a flicker in my rear

Lately I've noticed my Tail-Lights and License-Plate lights have been a little dim.
I had my running lights on and put my 4-ways (flashers) on to see if the brake/turn function still worked. Although that function was working here's what I saw:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?nomobile=1&v=Xny7g8PBNU4
So I laid underneath the truck and was checking for loose wires/connections.

I found this loose ground wire.

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I've no clue where it goes. Help!

 

[Southern Pride]

Yeah Daniel that may be the ground wire for the rear license lamps itself...There is a little harness that goes to each license plate lamp you can trace the wires and see that in plugs in directly behind the bumper there. I unplugged this out when I had to lengthen the chord attached to my lamps for the NBS bumper. I would start there!

Also how are the pillars coming along?

 

[TruckinAin4Sissies]

Yeah Daniel that may be the ground wire for the rear license lamps itself...There is a little harness that goes to each license plate lamp you can trace the wires and see that in plugs in directly behind the bumper there. I unplugged this out when I had to lengthen the chord attached to my lamps for the NBS bumper. I would start there!

Also how are the pillars coming along?

Yeah I gotta get it figured out STAT!

Interior's on hold until I figure this out.

 

[TruckinAin4Sissies]

OverHead Console Ready for Sanding/Paint

Well I finally figured out a way to get all the adhesive off the Damn thing...
First I soaked it in water:

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Then the foam came right off.

Next I used some Goof-Off and scrubbed all the adhesive right off. It was actually pretty easy!

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Now I just have to clean, sand & prime

 

[nate3531]

great idea on the Goof-off cleaner, I was going to suggest Opps brand, but I never used it on something like that so I didn't want to cause damage if you actually done it.

 

[Fobroader]

I was just going to suggest, if you have any interior type of questions try PMing Sewlow on here, hes the interior guru.

 

[TruckinAin4Sissies]

2 steps forward 3 steps back...

Today I took a long look at the progress I've made on my interior panels I've been working on.
No matter how much I primed and sanded I could still see the texture I was trying to sand down.

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So today I decided to start from the beginning. Again.
I sanded ALL the primer off and then attacked the remaining texture.

This A-Pillar took me 2 hours by it's self but I think the end result was worth it:

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Now I only have about 15 more to go... FML

 

[88GMCtruck]

Sub'd for progress.

 

[Southern Pride]

Nice I been thinking about doing the A pillars but thought it might look weird at the top of the window/door where the a pillar seals at the top of the door and meets the plastics in the back ext. cab it would be tan in the back then go black so I dunno if that would look right or not.

 

[TruckinAin4Sissies]

My New 3rd Brake Lights

Check out my high mount brake lights! SOB's are bright!

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