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Man, I had the same thing happen with a fuse, can’t remember what is was for, it was automotive, oh my son’s BMW. Interior lights I think, couldn’t figure out what was going on. Looked like it wasn’t blown. Finally put a multimeter on it.

Thank you Keith! Appreciate you doing this.

I’ll give it an 85, it’s got a good beat and you can dance to it! Edit: typo

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Good to hear! This thread is helping me plan my attack!

Thanks for following up. Good to hear.

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A good assumption.

I got the vacuum can I ordered today. One thing I don’t like is that the stop is full CW, it just seems to get a little stiff then clicks if you go past that point going CCW. I ran it to the stop CW then counted turns till it got stiff going CCW. 14, so I went 7 turns CW and I’ll install it and the 180° thermostat when I can.

Looks good and I admire your persistence!

Those are cool! The 87 4Runner I used to own had an altimeter and inclinometers.

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Sheez! Nice! Be fun to do trash runs in that!

Hmmm interesting. I didn't get a perfect view of it but from a quick glance I think my clear LMC lens has two problems. First, the "tabs" that hold it into the fixture aren't long enough. Second, the lens has a bit of ridge around all of its edges and this flares out very slightly - I think it's the "draft" from the mold used to make the lens. It's subtle, but I think it's just enough to cause it to not sit very well in the fixture, which has its own slight draft angle. I don't really want to sink a lot of time into this thing but I may try to shave a sixteenth off the outer edge with a dremel just to see what happens. If that fails I'll just use the original lens. It's yellowed, but otherwise in good shape. “I don't really want to sink a lot of time into this thing but I may try to shave a sixteenth off the outer edge with a dremel just to see what happens. If that fails I'll just use the original lens. It's yellowed, but otherwise in good shape.” I’m interested to see if that works.

I also got the dome light mounted. The map lights are traditional amber/non-LED bulbs on purpose, I want a less-bright light if my wife uses the map light while I'm driving, and also I have probably a dozen of that kind of bulb floating around. The center I did put an LED into. It all turned out really well but there was one disappointment. Oh LMC... They sell a "clear dome light cover" for this unit and it was cheap so I got it. But caveat emptor, it doesn't fit very well. It won't stay on, it seems like the cover is just a millimeter off on the width and the mounting tabs are so short they don't grab the slots they go into very well. It's hard to tell from the photo but it's actually hanging down in the back here. The neoprene gasket did do its job. This is the "wrong" light for my cab ceiling so my mounting boss is a smaller rectangle. I used the gasket both to trim out / fill the air gap where the new light sits on that boss and also make sure the terminals don't contact the roof of the truck. I could have made it about a millimeter smaller all around but it looks fine if you don't look too close. I had ordered a regular lens for my f250, then saw the clear one from LMC. Bought two, the one in my Bronco works great. The one in my truck is in the center console. Kept falling out. So I put the original style in to see if it would stay in, it does. I need to put the clear one in the garage as a back up for the Bronco. Weird, the two bases look the same to me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Ha! I like that, but I was just trying to be funny.

And you don’t have a Flareside! Yet. We need a popcorn eating emoji!

And you don’t have a Flareside!

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https://bend.craigslist.org/cto/d/powell-butte-1982-ford-ranger-stepside/7430311463.html Such language!

I found this on RA’s website, instructions for the vacuum advance. I did not realize you could come back to the stop. I was always careful, leery if you will, to not damage it. When I get the timing where I like it and start with the vacuum advance, I’m going to start at the mechanical stop. https://www.rockauto.com/genImages/154/GF3767.pdf