Next was the rear bargeman plug set. As I have a winch connect jack, an airline jack, and a standard 7 pin/4 pin bargeman pin out I needed to make a special set up that would reside under the bumper.
So I started with some flat stock:
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Machined the measured out bargeman shape:
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I will weld all three forms to a common plate for ease of mounting under the bumper. This will keep it clean.
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Add a few more brackets….. Air line on left, winch connect in center:
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And this is the result:
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Some of the other smaller things we got to:
Rear cargo light:
Brand new from the Mopar package, we have a cargo light!
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Take note how yellowed the old one is!!
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First goes on the seal with new bulbs and then the lense gets mounted.
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Cruise Control:
As the cruise control bracket was bending the cable too tight to be able to connect to the P7100, I had to relocate the mounting location to further up the fender. As is the case, I needed to modify the bracket.
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Angle is marked to form to the same curvature of the fender in the new location:
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Test fit. As you can see, it is in the same general spot, just a few inches over:
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And the final install:
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Radio:
Radio was then installed. My god I hate wires:
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Radio is now in, but covered with tape to keep the dust out:
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Heater controls:
For the HVAC controls, I didn’t like the fact that all of the gauge faces on the truck are white but the HVAC was black. Part of what makes or breaks a restoration is attention to details. So an overlay was done so all would match.
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Speakers:
As the radio was now in and we had a lot of wiring run, my buddy tackled speakers. He started with the door Infinity 6x9s and then took the factory water shields and modified them to work the speakers wouldn’t fit:
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He started with cutting the mesh out and then cleaning up what was left:
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The sub was easy. It mounted right to a truck box:
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For the rear seat 6x9s, they were installed into speaker boxes for optimum sound.
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