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by **Begle1** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:20 pm

I was driving the other day with the sun behind me, and I was able to see that there was a place for a "GATE OPEN" idiot light under the left-turn blinker indicator.

Does that light work for anybody?

by **ford69557ci** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:43 pm

hmmmm i dont recall ever seeing one on mine you must have the soccer mom edition :jumpsmile:

by **PToombs** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:58 pm

Gee, you ever think D-C might have used the same dash in the Ramcharger? :idea:

by **ford69557ci** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:50 pm

lol yeah mines from a 91 gas truck and works fine so i wouldnt put it past them to use a ramcharger one

by **RumbleFish** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:04 pm

Yup, and it even lights up when the rear gate is open!!! I can take pics if youd like, but make it snappy. I have taken a deposit on the truck and he might pick it up at any minute.

by **PToombs** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:02 pm

Pushy sombits aintcha? :shock:

Yeah! I want pics! :lol:

So, why you sellin the 'charger? More money for a truck? I thought that's all you had to drive? :bounce:

by **RumbleFish** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:28 pm

I'm stackin 'em deep and sellin 'em cheap! Pics are forthcoming.....ok, don't hold your breath.

It was all I had to drive. I used some of the money from my crew sale to take care of some debt I had. So I sold the RC to recoup the cash from the debt payment. I planned to take the cash I had left over and buy a nice 1st gen, something I could just get in and drive without repairing it weekly. Then the better (?) half added her 2 cents......supposedly I don't need a truck.

Long story short I bought a first gen....Plymouth Neon that is. It is my 3rd, Neons are my other hobby vehicle. Quite a combo, eh? I plan on banking my truck fund, maybe add somemore, maybe take my tax return, and buy a nice one in the spring. Just long enough to show her that I DO need a truck.

Oh, and it wasn't D-C back then, and it ain't no more! Get with the times, gramps!!!

by **PToombs** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:14 pm

I know that! :finger:

by **Begle1** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 12:45 pm

So how did RamChargers come up?

You guys lost me on this one, and it's my thread... :cry:

by **PToombs** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 4:11 pm

Want the short version? The same dash is used in your truck and Ramchargers. They just don't have bulbs or wireing that feeds them in your truck.
O-tay Spanky?

by **Begle1** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 5:33 pm

Don't RamChargers have vertical doors in the back? Or do they have a tailgate-window set-up?

If they have the vertical doors, the light should say "Door Open". If they have the tailgate set-up, it'd probably be something easy to retrofit to our trucks?

I could stick a custom idiot light in there and it'd be real slick...

by **RumbleFish** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 5:48 pm

The 74-80 Ramcharger had the tailgate and widow setup, much like a truck with a camper shell. They had no light on the dash. The 81-93 RC's had a one piece hatch that flipped up.

I suppose if it said door open, it could also be mistaken for the driver or passenger door. If it said hatch, we probably would not be having this discussion.

by **Begle1** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:03 pm

So I would imagine that the sender is on the tail-gate part of the RamCharger, right?

Seems to me like there's enough similarity between tailgates that it'd be a really easy retrofit.

Why anybody would want to have an idiot light telling you that your tailgate is open, I don't know...

by **RumbleFish** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:11 pm

I don't know if it is on the gate itself or on the body. I'll have to look...its dark and getting cold, so it'll have to wait until tomorrow.

by **PToombs** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:08 pm

Begle, that lite is for the farmers! It tells them the gate is open and their sheep are loose! :grrr:

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