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Swapped all my gauge cluster back lights to LEDs. The Swamp Donkey is now 100% LED. The link to the write-up is in AZK9'S post above.
While I had the gauge panel out I replaced the speedometer cable. The slack under the truck came loose and layed on the front driveshaft. It wore threw the outer casing so I figured this is why the speedometer is jumpy. Well, turns out it's the new speedometer that's the problem. Oh well.
I upgraded the wiring from the alternator to the starter to better support the new alternator's higher capacity. I also found the original wiring to be a bit brittle during the alternator swap. I just terminated the old harness and made new runs for the Positive and Ground. A buddy gave me some new 1/0 welding cable leftovers from another project a while back so that's what I used. Way overkill but it was free. Solder ends, waterproof heat shrink and some protective wire loom to finish it off.
I don't much like that single ground strap going from the starter to the block so I'll make some new ones, to go starter to block and starter to frame, out of the same cable. I have a feeling there should've been two there and I'm just missing one. I don't like grounding through just the block. There is another strap going block to frame at the front of the motor but everything runs through the block until that point.
While I had the gauge panel out I replaced the speedometer cable. The slack under the truck came loose and layed on the front driveshaft. It wore threw the outer casing so I figured this is why the speedometer is jumpy. Well, turns out it's the new speedometer that's the problem. Oh well.
I upgraded the wiring from the alternator to the starter to better support the new alternator's higher capacity. I also found the original wiring to be a bit brittle during the alternator swap. I just terminated the old harness and made new runs for the Positive and Ground. A buddy gave me some new 1/0 welding cable leftovers from another project a while back so that's what I used. Way overkill but it was free. Solder ends, waterproof heat shrink and some protective wire loom to finish it off.
I don't much like that single ground strap going from the starter to the block so I'll make some new ones, to go starter to block and starter to frame, out of the same cable. I have a feeling there should've been two there and I'm just missing one. I don't like grounding through just the block. There is another strap going block to frame at the front of the motor but everything runs through the block until that point.
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