CmuCmu
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- Joined
- May 16, 2024
- Posts
- 54
- Reaction score
- 109
- Location
- Venezuela
- First Name
- Alfredo
- Truck Year
- 1987
- Truck Model
- C10 SILVERADO BIG10
- Engine Size
- 292
Here I come again with questions and a story:
My truck (BIG10 87) has never had power-anything. I was installing an alarm kit that came with door poppers, and surprise surprise, not only do these doors don't have the holes necessary for the cables (gonna redneck it and wire it as discreetly as possible through the panel so as not to drill on metal), but it didn't even have the central locking module! - Also, wasted 2 hours looking for 2 specific wires: From the switch to the starter relay (for the antitheft cut-off), and headlight positive (from headlight switch to wherever). All I have to continue are the wire colors. Gonna buy the module tomorrow, so if you could please help me out, I'll finish the installation for cut-off and headlights.
And the next part is more of a rant than anything: That truck hasn't had a working horn for a while. It has an aftermarket steering wheel with a single-wire button. So i figured, I'll wire the new horns to the original wiring instead of keep using an external wire/button. Well, I couldn't find where the single-wire ends (pulling it tells me it has a spring at the end), and the steering column doesn't even have a ground. Anyway, back to the external wire/button... set up the new horns, plugged into a new wire, routed everything properly, gonna reuse the old button... And the screws' threads went kaput.
But wait, there's more! I can but a button tomorrow, let's test whether the whole thing works.
And it didn't. Turns out part of the new wires doesn't have continuity on the positive side.
So yeah, tomorrow I'll install the module, and a new wire and button for the horns. Learned a lot though.
My truck (BIG10 87) has never had power-anything. I was installing an alarm kit that came with door poppers, and surprise surprise, not only do these doors don't have the holes necessary for the cables (gonna redneck it and wire it as discreetly as possible through the panel so as not to drill on metal), but it didn't even have the central locking module! - Also, wasted 2 hours looking for 2 specific wires: From the switch to the starter relay (for the antitheft cut-off), and headlight positive (from headlight switch to wherever). All I have to continue are the wire colors. Gonna buy the module tomorrow, so if you could please help me out, I'll finish the installation for cut-off and headlights.
And the next part is more of a rant than anything: That truck hasn't had a working horn for a while. It has an aftermarket steering wheel with a single-wire button. So i figured, I'll wire the new horns to the original wiring instead of keep using an external wire/button. Well, I couldn't find where the single-wire ends (pulling it tells me it has a spring at the end), and the steering column doesn't even have a ground. Anyway, back to the external wire/button... set up the new horns, plugged into a new wire, routed everything properly, gonna reuse the old button... And the screws' threads went kaput.
But wait, there's more! I can but a button tomorrow, let's test whether the whole thing works.
And it didn't. Turns out part of the new wires doesn't have continuity on the positive side.
So yeah, tomorrow I'll install the module, and a new wire and button for the horns. Learned a lot though.