Too little money with too much time....

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Too little money with too much time....

Postby oldestof11 » Sun Jan 02, 2011 7:12 pm

So, I am gonna make all of you drool.

Yes, I will make more and sell them.

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I got tired of the stock message center. So, off I went to Radio Shack, Walmart (tin snips. :roll: ) and Tractor Supply Company. I wanted something more modern and less cluttered with expanded use. And since I didn't have ABS, I took that one out! :D

Brake Warning ~ Red
Water in Fuel ~ Red
Low Fuel ~ Orange
Wait to Start ~ Green

There is BARELY enough room for 3 gauges and since I wanted to add switches, I stuck with 2. To mount, I used the screws from the back of the message center that holds the computer board on. Also, I am mounting the computer board to the back on a "frame" And it will sit 90* different than before. Think of it as opening a door inwards...

This is the cheapest Aluminum they had and I am gonna use it for a template. The next one will be symmetrical (for the OCD in all of us) and everything done in a kit per say.

Fire away!

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Re: Too little money with too much time....

Postby ellis93 » Sun Jan 02, 2011 7:25 pm

Its gonna look good ;)
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Re: Too little money with too much time....

Postby lectro_static » Wed Jan 12, 2011 4:15 pm

Some kind of trim to cover the rough edge and the factory lines and its money. Great idea
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Re: Too little money with too much time....

Postby oldestof11 » Wed Jan 12, 2011 5:11 pm

Well.... Kinda....

May have the truck sold .Getting a little VW and putting a 4bt pump in it when I get it!
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Re: Too little money with too much time....

Postby jacobwebb57 » Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:19 pm

i was intersted in doing sonethign like this with my truck. i was just wondering how you wired it to the circuit board or if you bypassed it all together. i need a place to put some gagues and i think this is a really good idea
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Re: Too little money with too much time....

Postby oldestof11 » Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:28 pm

I soldered the leads to the board and shoved the board under the dash where ever it fit.

The only thing I would recommend is adding another resistor in-line. When nothing was lit, they still had a small glow from something.
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Re: Too little money with too much time....

Postby jacobwebb57 » Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:44 pm

what exactly did you soldered the leads to?
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Re: Too little money with too much time....

Postby oldestof11 » Mon Dec 19, 2011 7:53 pm

The circuit board. I pulled the lights and sockets out, soldered the wires to the board.
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Re: Too little money with too much time....

Postby Gots_a_sol » Mon Dec 19, 2011 8:50 pm

Instead of using resistors on mine (had the dim glowing lights when off also) I just put the bulbs back in the stock info cluster. Problem solved.
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Re: Too little money with too much time....

Postby fatty » Mon Dec 19, 2011 10:39 pm

If you're still making these I'll take one with three 2 1/16" gauge holes, and lights for low fuel and parking brake. The rest of my lights aren't operational anyways.
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Re: Too little money with too much time....

Postby oldestof11 » Tue Dec 20, 2011 5:05 am

No, I am not. Sorry fatty.
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Re: Too little money with too much time....

Postby jacobwebb57 » Tue Dec 20, 2011 4:27 pm

how did you know if the lights worked when you hooked them up
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Re: Too little money with too much time....

Postby oldestof11 » Tue Dec 20, 2011 4:55 pm

I plugged them in...
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Re: Too little money with too much time....

Postby jacobwebb57 » Tue Dec 20, 2011 6:21 pm

lol well i guess i did it wrong
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Re: Too little money with too much time....

Postby oldestof11 » Tue Dec 20, 2011 7:04 pm

Do you have resistors in 1 side of the LED?

Also, I do believe I traced the metal strips on the back and find 1 strip went to each one. I made sure I connected the side without the resistor to it. Also, they should all light when you put the truck to the run position.
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