Re: Tonneau

From: BOBBY (bocd@optonline.net)
Date: Sat Oct 30 2010 - 19:51:10 EDT


Nice low profile looking tonneau

On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 5:16 AM, ffastje wrote:

> On 10/30/2010 1:04 AM, M.B. wrote:
>>
>> Well, I picked up an Access "Vanish" soft tonneau today for my '95
>> Dakota. Here's some pics, ignore how dirty my truck is, I had to go
>> to my Dad's to install it and the roads are all mud out there right
>> now:
>>
>> http://www.moparhowto.com/pictures/1995-Dakota/tonneau/tonneau01.jpg
>> http://www.moparhowto.com/pictures/1995-Dakota/tonneau/tonneau02.jpg
>> http://www.moparhowto.com/pictures/1995-Dakota/tonneau/tonneau03.jpg
>> http://www.moparhowto.com/pictures/1995-Dakota/tonneau/tonneau04.jpg
>> http://www.moparhowto.com/pictures/1995-Dakota/tonneau/tonneau05.jpg
>>
>> It's pretty darn flat and tight. I had to loosen the adjusters by 1
>> turn to get it to close.
>>
>> I also fixed my courtesy lamps. I originally thought it was the door
>> switches and lose a wire replacing the driver's side. I've been
>> driving around with a piece of tape over the hole, heh. I finally
>> fished it out... there's a tiny hole near the e-brake mechanism that
>> let me fit a finger into the body cavity where it fell, and after
>> 20+min of fighting it, I got it back through. I figured it was the
>> relay, which plugs into the fuse block, so I picked one up.
>>
>> I got under there and found the stupid relay was completely missing,
>> I suspect it failed in the "on" position and some genious decided to
>> save 10 bucks and just remove the relay and turn the lamps on
>> manually. <facepalm> I dread working on this thing anymore as I find
>> all sort of redneck shortcuts. I had to take the lower dash apart
>> just to get room to plug the relay back in.
>>
>> As a side note, anyone know what the heck these connectors are that
>> are coming out of my steering column?
>>
>> http://www.moparhowto.com/pictures/1995-Dakota/weird_connectors.jpg
>>
>> Some day I'll have this thing in the condition that I don't have to
>> be scared every time I work on it. ;)
>>
>> M.B.
>>
>>
> Great looking tonneau.
>
> --
> Francis Fastje
> 1999 dakota 3.9 4X4
> 67000 miles



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