MDH33
Hard Core 4+
Rad! Nice work Tim, looks clean. Going to have to pull my sliders off now. That looks just right.
So I'm running an aftermarket harness now, which came with that upgrade kit. But it still uses the factory harness to trigger it... so rather than the high beam plug turning on the high beam light directly, the hign beam plug now triggers a relay, which then makes some other wires turn on the high beam light. So it should be stock as far as the dash light is concerned? It's a pain to pull that cluster with the dash cap on there, so it may be a bit before I feel like getting back there again. I feel I don't really need a light telling me my high beams are on anyway, I should know that by the output. plus the oncoming traffic will remind me.Looks good. The high beam indicator has some odd wiring as I recall. Most headlight relay additions make the HB indicator non functional. Is your headlight wiring back to stock?
cool tip, thanks Steve. So I presume I can do this without disconnecting the wire from the back of the gauge cluster? I've also got a backup cluster I was thinking of trying, the odometers oddly have almost the same mileage on them. But maybe that's plan B if this doesn't cut it, would combine with the high beam lightAlso my speedometer is pretty erratic, jumps around a lot and I'm not sure if that is affecting the odometer, which showed I drove about 110 miles when it should have been more like 88 miles.
You can unscrew the speedo cable at the xfer case, pull the cable out of the liner (it's very long - lay it on newspapers spread out), wipe it clean, and slowly re-insert it, while applying a thin Lithium grease (or speedo cable grease from Amazon) to the cable, and feed it back in. My '60 and '62 required this to get the speedo needle to be stable.
This last weekend was great though, we did a little snow run going out to get a tree and got some pics for the IG feed...
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The snow was up to 12" deep, and we had fresh tracks for a bunch of it. I didn't bother airing down, figured that would be a solution when/if needed and it never was. Those tall skinny Nitto Ridge grapplers seemed to like these conditions. The best part though was my driving partner for the day. Anyone remember this kid? From a club ghost town run a few years back....
I know, I know, should have never sold that 80.
but this is a 60 thread, so check this out (same kid)
Low range and snow is a great way to get in some clutch time. that was a lot of fun for both of us.
Ok sounds like a plan, thanks!That's too bad about the switch hitting when you lower the hood, @nakman. Considering the circumstances, you should sell that nasty, awful-looking 60 to me for dirt cheap.
In all seriousness, that thing is looking absolutely awesome. We need to get out on a trail together soon!