New from Virginia

[HARDTRAILZ]

Welcome

[The Roadie]

When I said the switch signals are digital, that meant they are just high or low. 1 or 0. As opposed to the analog signal on the radio control switch output, which is like the wiper of a potentiometer, where the exact voltage (.95, 1.2, 3.7, 4.1V) distinguishes the desired command. What the BCM sends the radio AFTER it measures the voltage on the analog wire is a digital data message, like the burst of serial data you get over a USB port. I usually use data message to talk about that scheme.

The ground to those switches that also took out the lights goes through the clockspring, then snakes to the master dash region ground splice pack G201 (also known as SP201). If this ground was loose from the body, you'd typically have a LOT more bad things going on, so I suspect it's a clockspring issue or the wiring harness.

G201:



How to fix your own clockspring when you're out of work and being frugal:

http://gmtnation.com/f93/repairing-your ... ying-1976/

[joedarr33]

well i have been looking it up alot lately and thats what i have been thinking it is also. But i dont really want to spend all that time to do it when i could get the scan gauge 11 and have it do everything that those will. plus more. i believe. For the same price as labor would be to install it so i might just do that.

I am going to try and go to the april 12-14th shendig in harrisonburg so by then i would like to atleasttttt have the 3 inch lift on and tires by then. Possibly some other odds and ends.

BTW- thanks alot for the pictures and help. i appreciate it !

[joedarr33]

Another question

- if i get the marks 3 inch lift and 1.5inch spacers along with 32's will i HAVE to get new struts right away ? or will they be ok until i can get up the money?

- Anybody know of a company that makes rock sliders ? if not im going to try and fab up some over x-mas break.

[v7guy]

Another question

- if i get the marks 3 inch lift and 1.5inch spacers along with 32's will i HAVE to get new struts right away ? or will they be ok until i can get up the money?

- Anybody know of a company that makes rock sliders ? if not im going to try and fab up some over x-mas break.

If the struts don't fall apart when you take everything apart and you don't mind it riding like shit and you don't mind doing the same job twice while you decide to risk your life and limb compressing those springs more often than needed.... then of course you don't HAVE to.

As for the second question... this shit is getting out of control... have you looked in the lounge or vendor sections?

[joedarr33]

Out of control? I was asking questions on one post instead of making new threads. And yea and I searched and nothing. Mdb is backed up for a good while. Calm yourself lol

[HARDTRAILZ]

Trailgear or mdb...that is all cept for custom

[navigator]

Hi Joe, I did a quick search for "rock sliders" and found several threads. I just scrolled down a little and found this one that was pretty clear from the title.
viewtopic.php?f=28&t=15&hilit=rock+sliders

The reason the guys are giving you a hard time is because we want the searches to be useful. If we get a lot of the same questions over and over then we get 1000 threads on what the little red wire by the fuse box is for.

[v7guy]

My "out of control" comment was related directly to multiple people asking a question that's heavily covered on the forum inside of a week.

In the lounge, third topic down from the top is a thread "where do I get rock sliders". Obviously that's only one thread of info. But there is some tidbits in there.
In the Fab section there's a subforum titled "sliders". That subforum also happens to be visible from the main index and there are 12 threads there. Without even performing a search there are 13 threads of info.
A search for "sliders" yields 201 results and a search for "rock sliders" yields 114 results. So you can understand that your statement "And yea I searched and nothing" is perplexing.

So we come to the inevitable conclusion that your either lying when you say you searched (by search I mean using the search function or casually browsing around the forum), or you entered something like "rainbows and kittens" or "lib///y love" into the search bar expecting to get rock slider info. Now I don't take calling another man a liar lightly so I'm going to go with "user error of the search function" as the cause of the problem here. You see, in order to get results that are pertinent to the subject you would like to learn about you have to enter in key words describing the subject, not key words that describe things you like. So in this instance you will want to open up the search function and type in "rock sliders", not "rainbows and kittens". After that you hit enter or "search" and you'll generally get a barrage of results.
After you find a thread that has the best info pertaining to your subject we like to see it posted in so we can continue the conversation. It doesn't really matter if its years or months old. This keeps lots of good info in one spot and makes future searches by members easier.
Of course if you don't find anything matching the search terms we love a new topic about something never covered.
By not searching your basically telling everyone that has taken the time to post their mods that they've done with directions and install experience etc that you don't appreciate any of their help, time, or effort. Hope this clears things up and helps you in your future searches.


Nothing in this post should be misconstrued to show that I have anything against lib///y love/rainbows and kittens or people that like lib///y love/rainbows and kittens.

[HARDTRAILZ]

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[joedarr33]

i did search "rock sliders" and i went threw the first page. i was simply asking the question on here if anybody had any recommendations. Like in the Virginia area.

Nav- I did look at a thread similar to that one but it didnt show any info on if he actually went threw with it.


I could understand if you guys were getting pissed that i was posting a bunch of threads asking questions, but i used this thread only lol so no reason to really get all upset. Simply just asking around. But thank you for the information. and i will make sure i go threw this entire website before ever posting a questions again. lol (not ment to sound rude)

Anyways. I am buying an MV50 tomorrow along with a power inverter.
I think im going to try and hook up a train horn somehow off the compressor. maybe have like a little 2 gallon tank that will get filled up automatically every time i use it

after that im going to work on getting marks 3 inch lift. wheel spacers (buying two tomorrow). struts. and tires. all before the meet in harrisonburg.

[Conner299]

Just out of curiosity... Where, exactly, does one buy a "train" horn?

[joedarr33]

well i have a train horn already somewhere i think.

Hornblasters sells a setup lol. there really nice

[Conner299]

Just checked them out. Kinda cool... IF I HAD A TRAIN! J/K... But seriously, why not put all that money into some other mods. Not trying to knock your tastes, but I'd drop that kinda money into a skid plate.

[joedarr33]

it will pretty much be free for me. i have the horn. and the mv50 i am buying tomorrow. so its all about just buying some 10 dollar little tubes and a valve and im set. just something to play with since ill have it all already there. just like my cb. i had a old school speaker laying around. i made a plug in from an old computer and now have a loud asssssss pa.

[joedarr33]

and as for a skid plate. i am going to make my own out of some metal i have laying around. might even try to make up a bumper but not sure just yet.

[Conner299]

Sweet.

[v7guy]

I'm mostly just breakin your balls man, nobodies mad that I'm aware of. We do strongly encourage searching though. lol
That train horn idea sounds bad ass, can't wait to see what you come up with.

[joedarr33]

Lol I didn't think so. And I did use it but only went threw like the first page and gave up. As for the train horns I am still trying to think of a way to have a small tank hooked up and maybe an electronic solenoid to open it. Ill figure it out but I'm pretty excited to get the mv50 in and hooked up.

[joedarr33]

ok so my buddy wants to trade me these (american racing rims) with four tires in pretty good shape for a set of my tires off my old toyota. im debating it because they are 18's with 31's on them. and i was just going to put 32's on my stock rims after my lift . opinions ????!?!?! BTW i do plan on plasti dipping or powder coating them black if i do get them.




and yesterday i got my mv50 and gauge in (over night shipped)
so today i want to hook my accessory fuse box. my back up lights. and my mv50. But im not really sure where i want to mount it at just yet.