GunNut37086
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I'm desperately trying to find as much of this info as I can on my own. I got most of it from dduelin's Accessory fuse block add-on thread from 2012 and a few well-done YouTube videos. However, a couple of things have me stumped and I hope someone wouldn't mind helping me with the following things:
I'm trying to this as "right" as possible without taking off a bunch of body panels. Admittedly, I know doodly squat about the factory fuse block. There sure are a lot of empty slots in there, I'm just clueless on how to take advantage of them. Plus, I already bought $70 worth of parts to do this the way I mostly understand. Any help will be appreciated.
1. dduelin's fuse block has a negative post on it, mine doesn't. I planned to drill a hole, run a nut/bolt thru an unused section of the board to for battery terminal rings for the ground wires from whatever I'm wiring to each fuse and run a single ground wire to the negative post on the battery. Is that the wrong way to do it?
2. I want my fuse block to only get juice when the switch is on, so I bought a relay and a relay wiring harness. I know I have power in from the battery (30), power out to the fuse block (87), negative out to the battery (85), and pin 86 is the power in for the relay from some switched source. I know needs to be something like the tail light or headlight that gets power while the switch is on, but where do I get that wire without compromising a lot of existing weather sheathing and/or making a mess of things? I mean I literally need someone to tell me in terms an idiot would understand, pictures would help, if it's not too much trouble.
3. Once identified, is it safe to use one of those quick splice wire connectors to an exposed wire on the back of the headlight, if I wrap it up with electrical tape to seal it up?
2. I want my fuse block to only get juice when the switch is on, so I bought a relay and a relay wiring harness. I know I have power in from the battery (30), power out to the fuse block (87), negative out to the battery (85), and pin 86 is the power in for the relay from some switched source. I know needs to be something like the tail light or headlight that gets power while the switch is on, but where do I get that wire without compromising a lot of existing weather sheathing and/or making a mess of things? I mean I literally need someone to tell me in terms an idiot would understand, pictures would help, if it's not too much trouble.
3. Once identified, is it safe to use one of those quick splice wire connectors to an exposed wire on the back of the headlight, if I wrap it up with electrical tape to seal it up?
I'm trying to this as "right" as possible without taking off a bunch of body panels. Admittedly, I know doodly squat about the factory fuse block. There sure are a lot of empty slots in there, I'm just clueless on how to take advantage of them. Plus, I already bought $70 worth of parts to do this the way I mostly understand. Any help will be appreciated.
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