excellent info bill! thats the kind of stuff i was hoping for :) muchas
gracias...
-adam
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill" <bill@nissley.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 2:06 AM
Subject: DML: RE: Pace-Edwards Powergate install?
>
> I installed mine last Saturday. It all went pretty smooth. A few things
> came up along the way though. Getting the Powergate itself into the
> tailgate was pretty easy.
>
> 1) Be careful when prying the trim piece off around the latch. One of
> the tabs on mine broke off. Still holds tight but it ticked me off. As
> you pull up on the bottom, there is a tab on each of the bottom corners,
> slide a plastic putty knife or similar tool along the bottom and gently
> pry up both corners.
>
> 2) use a pair of needle nose pliers to rotate up the plastic connectors
> that secure the rods to the latch.
>
> 3) Buy some ties if you don't have any before you begin. They only give
> you a few with the kit. I used about 10-15 more than that.
>
> 4) Leave 95% of the short harness in the tailgate and just let the
> connector extend down behind the bumper a little ways. That way if you
> need to remove the gate later there's no problem getting to the
> connector. The long harness is plenty long enough to make it the rest of
> the way.
>
> 5) Follow the large existing harness on the drivers side using cable
> ties attaching the new harness. The trickiest part is getting over the
> gas tank.
>
> 6) Bring the harness up the inside of the firewall and in though the
> large black grommet next to the master cylinder. It looks tight but you
> can individually push the wires through with your finger tip.
>
> 7) There are two connectors by the parking brake. The larger one (C247)
> is the one you want. You will want to disconnect it to get to the wires
> to put the connectors on. Slide a screwdriver up against the pushbutton
> on the side of the connector and gently pull the connector off.
>
> 8) Be careful not to connect to the Pink/Violet wire. It looks almost
> the same as the Pink/Black when you are underneath the dash.
>
> Good luck,
> Bill
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net] On Behalf Of crm
> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 7:27 PM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: DML: Pace-Edwards Powergate install?
>
> any "gotchas" that i should watch out for. i've searched google and
> havent really come up with anything significant.
>
>
>
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