Pictures! Taken at night, so not the clearest, but if you want more just ask.
A neighbor of mine helped me fab up some patches for the holes in the driver's side wheel well area. After he had them mounted, I removed them and sealed them on with black RTV. Now I can hit the mud without flooding the floor under my feet so easily, and maybe even drive it through a car wash.
He also cut some brackets so I could mount the PowerBright 1500W inverter on the wheel well. It was a little too wide to sit flush, so now it sits on some simple brackets which are mounted to the well instead. I used 2 gauge car stereo amplifier kit to hook it up. 80A on the 24V side should get me 2000W of 120V, minus heat dissipation, so it should be enough for the constant supply of 1500W, although if I hit the peak of 3000W on the inverter, I'll be in trouble.
Lastly, got my cigarette lighter installed and wired up. To tap the fuse box, I used a male lead of a quick disconnect as the blade. For the lighter, I finally did enough probing on the fuse box to find that the empty terminal labled blah/AC was always on at 12V. I used that for the lighter. I found that while the 'Accessory' fuse is not actually controlled by the accessory switch in the ignition, the wiper fuse is, and I installed a fuse tap on that 25A fuse (before the fuse) for when I install my CB. I want it to be only on in accessory or ignition on. I will probably split that tap into two for the future radio install as well. I also found the spot I'll use to hook up an electric fuel pump in the future, the ignition terminal on the left of the fuse block. For grounding, I found a little set of 6 quick disconnect blades for grounding to the chassis, way up behind the dash on the left wall. Had to really crawl under the dash to find it. I should be able to ground just about anything I can think of installing there.
No photos, but I also fixed my right rear blackout light. The Dodge ones have better wiring than that thin, brittle wiring they used on the Chevys. That's what the problem was with mine in the first place, the wiring snapped off right at the housing. I don't see that happening with the new one. If you want to see the Dodge terminals, just look for a CUCV blackout light on eBay. They're all for Dodges.
Unfortunately, after all this productive work I did on the truck this weekend (I had a 4 day weekend), last night on the way home, I started to notice a shudder under load, and then BAM, there goes rear driveshaft #2. So what could possibly be making my truck burn through a driveshaft like that? The first one was lost while off roading. This one was just cruising down the highway. I did the install myself, and it was a junkyard find, so I'm wondering if it was perhaps out of balance, or if I messed up the install somehow. I had to limp home about 8 miles in front wheel drive again.
