Idaho BS thread in the PNW

Look what I got in the mail.

 

Nice man!

 

Now I need to figure out how to get the dash apart. Hey Ben, you've done this. Any tips?

 

You have to take your cb out. The bottom part is the worst. With the two cig lighters it's a pain.

Honestly after putting one in an 04 I couldnt believe how much more of a pain in the ass it was to take apart compared to mine.

 

Somebody told me the heater control panel was a bit tricky too.

 

Nah that's pretty easy. Just pull the knobs and then pop off the cover. There are two screw at hold on the molding behind the cover. One on the passenger side right in between the two other screw that hold in the controls. Then on up in the drivers side in the top at an angle.

Then on down below. Then a bunch if wires to undo and then your done.

Easier said then done but shouldn't take more then 10 mins.

Or I could do it for you this summer take me about an hour to do the wiring and everything all soldered

But I'm sure you and mark can do it.

Nah he will be fine

 

Ha! Nooooo. I could never afford any if those cars..not for a long while.

 

Thanks for the vote of confidence.

I wouldn't be able to wait that long. Thanks tho.

Mark has already told me to pay someone to install it. All the wiring intimidates him.

 

Phil, here are a few more on the west side.

http://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/cto/3553652664.html

http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-...Types=used&sellerTypes=b&searchRadius=75&mmt=[TOYOTA[TACOMA[]][]]&listingId=333112615&listingIndex=9&Log=0

http://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/cto/3544430187.html

http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/cto/3551145410.html

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/3545306842.html

 

Wiring is quite simple. If you buy the right harness it's pretty much just matching wires. Only 11 wires I think.

Not worth paying someone IMO. Not unless your adding amps speakers and a sub.

 

You can try ours out here. I like our Remington more then the browning. More compact.

But nice.

 

You can try ours out here. I like our Remington more then the browning. More compact.

But nice.

 

There are actually two harnesses in the package. It is makered Toyota 1987 and up. I'm hoping I got the right one. One harness has 10 wires (9 + 1 looped back into the plug) and the other 5 wires. The harness in the box with the HU has 13 wires

 

Harness on the left is mostly speaker wires. Orange wire isn't used.

Right harness has other speaker wires, power wire,n ignition wire, ground wire. You won't use the blues wire.

Also check out how to solder. Don't pull a Ben and solder with the harnesses connected to anything haha and getting a nice clean solder is very important.

Should do it like so..

This is the best way to twist the wires



Then the solder should always be shiney like this. To accomplish this you heat the wire. That's the key. You always heat the part you want to solder then you touch the solder to it. You don't want the solder to fall onto something cold. If its a pale gray it's what else call a cold solder and is very brittle.

This is a good solder



Then you can either heat shrink it or just wrap with e tape

Well..auto 5s were trench guns

 

oh my

 

Each harness should have a diagram. Just connect the wires..