During my away time I got several things done. One was on the truck. Because of poor planning when I redid the interior, I needed to make my windows electric again. The reason I went back to factory manual was because the motors were giving up on the conversion kits and didn’t feel like messing with them since it wasn’t a problem reaching the passenger crank handle across the bench seat. Now, with the console, it’s kinda impossible to do. A major PITA to get out to roll it up or down when needed. And the old, slow ones weren’t going back in.
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I found pretty much the the same spal kit with a redesigned motor for 81 bucks. Lots of spare parts since it’s made to fit many different cars & trucks. They are smooth and fast now. Not a fan of the switch holders, but in time I won’t even notice them. Of course, the hole for the crank shaft is now there. They have caps to cover them up but didn’t what them on the outside of the panel. I had enough vinyl left over to recover. Wish I would’ve taken the time to fill in around the caps before I laid the vinyl down. Maybe down the road I’ll correct this. Wish I would’ve waited till my mind was more focused before I started this.
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I’ve learnt before I go thru the trouble of installing something, to test everything first to make sure everything works. Then I try to put everything back in their bags after the trial run. Installation when well. Everything mounted solid on doors. Harness ran. Switch holders mounted on panels. 2 switches plugged in and popped into holder on driver’s side. But where’s the last switch. The bag was there, but empty. Spent most of the afternoon and into the evening looking for it. Decided to call it a day. Went in and sat down to retrace my steps in my head. Tina’s out in the garage looking for it. I was scratching my chest and…stupid. It’s in my shirt pocket. But wait, there’s more.
A new morning so needed to finish this up. Plugged the mysterious missing switch in and popped it into the holder. When back to other side for a final test run. All’s well. Last thing to do was put the arm pad on, screw on the door handle cup and put the door lock pushing thingie on.
Same on the other side, arm pad on… door handle cup, screw, door lock pushing thingie MISSING. I’ve had these off for one reason or another thru the years and always do the same thing each time…put the screw and thingie in the cup and lay it on the floor board. This one was actually pissing me off. I looked everywhere…the bed, under, over, glove box, behind seats, under seats, beside seats. Moved my work coat around to see if it got in or under it. Moved my stuff from work around to see if they got mixed in somehow. Thought I might have pushed it behind the kick panel when I slid it back into place. Emptied the trash barrel into a bigger bag piece by piece thinking it may have been stuck to the old vinyl. Go back in and look where I’ve been. Go back out and look again, like maybe it would somehow reappear. Finally went to bed.
A new day, a new search. Tina’s again looking to see if she can find it. We’re both looking in the same places, not sure why. Get on line trying to find one. They all had chrome trim so would have to change the other out. I don’t what chrome trim. Pretty riled up and knew I better give up and get my stuff ready for work. Took my coat and small ice chest in and while emptying the water out something rattled around. Mystery solved!! I can not for the life of me think why I would put them in the little compartment inside the lid. Kinda made me feel mad, released, stupid, and confused all at the same time. I showed a Tina the missing parts and all she did was shake her head. She knew how bad I was feeling and thankfully did add to it.
I’m getting too old for this **** but know I won’t stop.
