Looks like I will have trouble finding F*rd specific connectors to salvage the harness that got hacked. Of course that's the harness that runs all the way to the front of the truck. I'm hoping I can get
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They'll be here Friday but I have other plans for Friday/Sat/Sun(?) so fixing this will likely have to wait until Monday-Tuesday? I'll pack those pretty full of di-electric and hope for the best. We'll see how it goes.
I poked around a bit for the Cruise Control in the fuse box while I was playing with the trailer related fuses. Didn't come up with anything. We'll work on that another day. I really am growing to like the truck a bit. It has some warts but for a cheap truck, I think it'll do what I need it to for quite a few years?
Still waiting on plates from the state but I have a temp registration and insurance so I drive the truck a bit. I think I've put about 150 miles on it so far. I don't get out much working from home.
I'm curious how the truck will start in the winter. It sounded like there were glow plugs put in the truck fairly low mileage ago but I don't know if they are Motorcraft or garageatronics flavor of the month. It has NO trouble starting even after not driving it for 2-3 days but it's not exactly cold right now.
A couple of minor oil leaks (looks like from the oil filter gasket and a bit on the drain plug) in a 7.3L. It has smoked marker lights that seem to leak. I'll have to replace those (I hate marker lights but it's a 350, they mostly have those) with some OEM stuff. Everything else looks reasonably serviceable/serviced. This trailer wiring harness seems to be the biggest wart so far. Tough to complain about that for the shape the rest of the truck is in for the mileage. It looks decent from 20-30' away. Good enough for me. Interior is really clean but a little worn. It's a good honest truck so far.
