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**SlowProgress** · #1 10-25-2015, 09:05 PM

I spent a few hours mounting the Dakota boxes for the gauges and the residual power box that slow dims the interior lights and turns on headlights at dusk. Small jobs but they take a while planning and making the small brackets. I had to pull everything else out to avoid spark damage from the welder.
I added a ground stud to both planning ahead for all the wiring.
Here is the residual power/headlight control box mounted behind the driver’s kick panel.

I just mounted the main box up under the cowl where it will be close to the cluster and all the other wires.

**KPC67** · #2 10-25-2015, 09:14 PM

Great planning ahead and execution to boot!

Hotrod1 · #3 10-25-2015, 09:46 PM

I see you are using rivnuts or nutserts. Do you like them and have you had any failures? What brand nut and tool are you using?

**SlowProgress** · #4 10-25-2015, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by KPC67

Great planning ahead and execution to boot!

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Hotrod1

I see you are using rivnuts or nutserts. Do you like them and have you had any failures? What brand nut and tool are you using?

I like them, especially for light jobs. I have had them spin in the past when the hole was drilled poorly. I think these are Rivnut brand from Hanson Rivet. I am using a fairly inexpensive squeeze plier tool. It comes with a bunch of different size tips.

I think for limited access and larger sizes this style would be easier to squeeze.