[JJorgensen52]

Well, loooong weekend in the shop and I feel like the truck looks exactly the same ... most of my time spent running wires and looming things so the underdash area doesn't look like a ball of spaghetti.

Was at the junkyard Friday and finally found a solution to my dome lamp problem:

It's the base of the dome lamp from a regular cab 88-98 Chevy truck ... a little creative trimming and it fits inside the stock lamp housing, and the lens just fits on and holds it in place. Came with enough wire to reach all the way down to under the dash, too!
I had to change it because my dome requires a ground trigger, and the stock one was positive triggered ... oops.

Spent a good day fighting the Vintage Air system into the truck ... still not happy with it, but at least it fits.


I COMPLETELY hacked up the harness that came with it - I wanted the circuit breaker and relay out in my fuse block, and I wanted to be able to unplug this stuff easily when I take it apart for paint - all of the connections are right here behind the glove box now:


And a parting shot: my keyless entry works now! The main takeaway here (since the door solenoids aren't in yet) is that I got the lock relays and the delayed lighting system working.


It's all parts from 95-96 GM trucks, I might have $60 in the system with two key fobs (and one of those is a NOS one ). Gives about 90 seconds entry lighting when you unlock/open a door with the ignition off, and about 5 seconds on lock to acknowledge. You could replicate what I've got here for about $20 if your junkyard is nice to you. Now if only I could find a GMC Trucks keyfob from a pickup that only has two buttons...

Also, I went to fit up my radio (it's from Retrosound) and it didn't work, I'm thinking some pieces are missing?? The wiring is all there, but I need to call tech support tomorrow. The good news is, everything else in the cab is wired except the door jamb switches, door solenoids, power seats and the gauges. The gauges and the rest of my integrity checks will be done this week, I'm going to get battery cables made up tomorrow I hope, and get back to finishing up the fuel fill.