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Discussion in 'Kenworth Forum' started by AModelCat, Oct 26, 2015.

  1. Caterpillar Cowboy

    Caterpillar Cowboy Heavy Load Member

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    When I get ready to take on a project like yours one day, I fully intend to completely gut the wiring and start fresh.

    If you're not going for 100% factory look, having to build your own dash panels may not be too bad, you could do some pretty cool extra stuff.
     
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  3. bigguns

    bigguns Road Train Member

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    I saw in another thread somebody on ebay sells dash panels. You might try Mauk Ind. for wire harnesses. Have read elsewhere that they di a good job at reasonable cost. Look at "Coated my dash panels" thread.
     
  4. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    I've seen that thread. If I don't go with polished stainless panels I'm likely gonna get them powder coated.
     
  5. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    A guy never really thinks about the amount of wiring crammed into a truck until its laying out on the ground. Amazingly the OEM wiring looks pretty good for going on 36 years old. Just too many "field fixes" and hack job repairs done to it over the years.
     
  6. damutt

    damutt Road Train Member

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    Yah time for new wiring
     
  7. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    Any ideas on what this box is? Looks like its a flasher module or something but the harness already had a mechanical flasher wired in. 20160409_165801.jpg
     
  8. Bean Jr.

    Bean Jr. Road Train Member

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    I saw a show truck at the Iowa 80 Jamboree, and it had a photo album of the restoration, btw, not an old truck, a 95 379EXHD, and it was not a radical build except he put 2 gears boxes in it, hooray! One of the pictures showed the wiring before it got crammed in the dash. It looked like it was long enough to go across the Golden Gate Bridge.
     
  9. cnsper

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    That's the whatchamacallit that connects to the thingamajig that makes the doohickey work.:p
     
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  10. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    Ok. I know the the thingamajig wasn't working right so maybe this whatchamacallit is broken. I pulled a thingamabob out of there too but it looked ok.:p:D
     
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  11. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    Started cleaning brackets and hoses off my firewall this morning. Unfortunately some wasps have taken up residence in the cab somewhere. Since I'm allergic I decided to wait until someone else is home. Still didn't stop me from killing a few with a can of brake clean :p
     
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