Gary I had a bud offer his big big forklift to do the job.
I just like to do things like that nice and careful like making sure that things don't get in a bind one way or another.
The tool box is painted. We did that yesterday under the shed in the rain. Yup, it's been raining. Like I needed that./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
Lucy is sitting in a bud's shop high and dry. I've had some glitches in the syrup. The new truck is trick to the max in the wiring department. It has a bank of rocker switches. Those not in use have blanks. When you pull the blank there's a plug all wired up underneath. So we put the rockers for my lights in the bed and box in two of those slots.
But no one, and I do mean no one seems to know how to wire up the brake controller.
The guys who shortened the wheelbase haven't got the brightest candles in the chapel. I've had to redo a couple of their hiccups. They either didn't know or didn't care. I do. Their man that wires up the brake controllers was way wrong. He's got the 2002's down pat but evidently he hasn't done a 2003 yet.
What makes it such a bugger bear is the wiring is all to the back, plug's in, factory, fuses and breakers for the circuit are all in place, just no clue as to where to splice it in to take advantage of all the planning by the factory.
The other killer glitch was the way the guys shortened the wheelbase. They moved a crossmember which screws me in moving the tank so that the inlet is in a place advantageous to me. So it's been lift the bed six inches off the frame, make a cut, put the bed back down, do a trial fit, lift the bed, make a cut, do a fit, etc and so on.
The simple installation would have been to hang a ninety out of the tank and go to the side of the truck straight. But, I'd be cussing myself forever and a day if I'd done that.
There needs to be a drop in elevation so the diesel goes down. Diesel and sewer work best when it's set up to go down hill. Running the line straight across meant that it would have a flat spot. That would make filling a bear. A double bear if the truck was parked with the inlet side down.
It's a done deal now.
So this morning I've got to borrow the Bravada and go get some parts and talk to some people. All the seven prong trailer plugs I've got access to locally are plastic. Plastic is great for laundry baskets and toss away furniture. It isn't worth a flip for work stuff. So I've got to go to a wholesaler in Dallas and pick up the metal plugs and recievers. While I'm there I'm going to get on the shop manager's computer at the dealer and out the right way to wire up the brake controller.
The rain is supposed to end late this morning as I understand it. I'm using some Xylene based paint. It's for ornamental iron and it's tough and dries before you can sneeze. So hopefully about the time the rain stops I can install the box and then get the truck inspected and tagged.
I'm taking all the different wiring leads to a common terminal strip this time. That means fewer splices and a central place if there is some trouble shooting to be done. Splicing leads from the lights, two different trailer plugs, the lead in from the truck means one big knot. A terminal strip makes it so much cleaner.
I hope to have pictures tonight.
