My Take/Notes on the GM Retractable Trouble light Mod FJ80

[lordbater]

ok, this is the second time I've written this, grrrr, damn... Firefox..

ok, gonna be shorter this time.

I think these are on 1990:ish to 1995:ish full sized GM trucks.

get one off the van if you can, they have a steel mounting bracket that is useful for mounting it, the other ones bolt to the fenderwell, usable, but not as easy.

I used the mounting screw for the washer fluid jug, and a stud for the fender mount, they were the right spacing, and close the the fuse block.

Here are some pics..

oh yeah, get the wiring harness from the van too, it has the cool waterproof blade fuse dealy..

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[lordbater]

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[lordbater]

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oh yeah, check out my cool plates....

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[superjuice]

That's cool man, I want one! Thanks for sharing

 

[retrofive]

Nice

Where did you tie into for powa?

 

[lordbater]

the fuse block is right there, it had an empty spot with the power side plumbed, no connector for the fused side, so I just put a blade connector on the wire and pushed it in. The light has it's own fuse..

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[IBCRUSN]

That's very cool, great idea.

The only possible way to make it any better would be to find an LED bulb for it.

Nice work.

 

[CruiserJack]

oh yeah, check out my cool plates....

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ARRGH!! You stole my plate idea lordbater!

 

[98 SNAKE EATER]

I installed one in my lowered Astro Van yeasr ago

I thought it was cool until I dropped while checking for a fuel leak and it got shredded up by the cooling fan

 

[lordbater]

ARRGH!! You stole my plate idea lordbater!

Yeah, there were others I wanted first, but they were taken...

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[Corbet]

Cool. Thanks for the write up

 

[1shot1kill]

Nifty!