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    How to; Overhead console recover.

    I think I see what you're saying, thanks for the tips.
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    How to; Overhead console recover.

    Should the foam be wrapped all the way around, or just on the outside?
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    How to; Overhead console recover.

    @sewlow Used this thread to redo an overhead console a few years ago and feel like it came out pretty decent for my first upholstery project, so thanks for the instruction. Now I've got another one that needs redone and tossing around the idea to do it in leather. Would it be much harder? Is...
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    '76 Highboy Restomod/Overland Light Build

    Oh, and I made a quick road trip this past Saturday to take the truck to the other side of the state. It's not going anywhere, I just needed to store it somewhere for a bit while I go to welding school.
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    '76 Highboy Restomod/Overland Light Build

    Forgot to mention that we went up the road to take the dog for a walk and drove around just a little on the rocks. Nothing crazy, just pulled up on one to make it easier for the dog to get in and out.
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    '76 Highboy Restomod/Overland Light Build

    Been having a bunch of computer issues, so I haven't been able to update the thread. First off, I ended up making a new shift stick bracket at work. It certainly wasn't perfect, but it was better than the old one. I only needed it for a little while anyways. I found a used one in a Facebook...
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    '76 Highboy Restomod/Overland Light Build

    Took the truck for a little drive on Sunday. Then Tuesday my brake booster tool came in and I tried adjusting things. I had assumed they were a one size fits all type of thing. Ended up not working for me and just made things worse. So, I readjusted it again and now it's a little better. I've...
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    '76 Highboy Restomod/Overland Light Build

    Well, since the last update, I put in a fuse and replaced the wire running to the choke. Brake booster and master cylinder have been painted and installed. Adjusted the booster rod enough to bleed the brakes, but am still waiting on a tool to get the adjustment closer. One of my rear brake lines...
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    '76 Highboy Restomod/Overland Light Build

    Yesterday, I traced the rest of the wires behind the dash. The big red/yellow one comes from the fuse block under the dash. The greenish wire goes to the voltage regulator, the little red/yellow wire goes to the gauge cluster connector, and the blue wire, as I already know, goes to the electric...
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    '76 Highboy Restomod/Overland Light Build

    Well the other day I went to fix what I thought was just a poor, previous connection that had gotten corroded. Ended up following the choke wire all the way back behind the dash and the whole thing was shorted out and melted. Luckily all the wires around it still look good. So far, no luck in...
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    '76 Highboy Restomod/Overland Light Build

    I hadn't thought of that and have never used it myself, but it may be worth a try. I kind of figured the polish would help with that some. Even if I have to keep up with it now and then.
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    '76 Highboy Restomod/Overland Light Build

    Finished up all the brake lines awhile ago, and then saw that the master cylinder was leaking. Ordered a new one and have been trying to find a booster as well. I spent weeks looking and wading through false positives to find out they're impossible to find. Looked at Battle Born Brakes...
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    Tow Mirror Wiring / Sorry

    From Boost Auto regarding mirror wires: Green - Horizontal Movement Red - Horizontal Movement Yellow - Vertical Movement Purple - Vertical Movement Orange - Running Lights White - Reverse Light Blue - Turn Signal Black - Ground They didn't give me any info on the 8 pin plugs or where they...
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    Tow Mirror Wiring / Sorry

    Hey, I think I'm the one you got those from. I'm Chris. I know you said you found info for the signal and stuff, but here's a little more just for future reference. Here's where I connected the defrost since it wasn't part of my mirror harness. If I remember the mirror wiring right, they were...
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    Can't Turn Off Alerts

    I did before, but have unchecked everything. Didn't seem to help. I didn't get an alert for this thread, which I'm watching, but have gotten some for some new threads that got started which I am not watching.
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