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    Comment by 'xtriggerman' in article 'Gen 2 LED headlight bulbs Low & High'

    I use the same bulb for low beam and high beam. These bulbs are 3 wire plugs as seen in the picture. The connector tab near the table is ground. The tab facing toward the bulb is low beam. the tab facing up is high beam. Use only the low beam tab in both your low beam and high beam ports if you...
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    Comment by 'xtriggerman' in article 'Gen 2 LED headlight bulbs Low & High'

    **** NOTE, its actualy a 1 and 1/8th hole saw, NOT 1". I'm sorry I can't make corrections directly.
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    Comment by 'xtriggerman' in article 'Gen 2 LED headlight bulbs Low & High'

    Sorry for the DBL. should be this one
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    Comment by 'xtriggerman' in article 'Gen 2 LED headlight bulbs Low & High'

    Here is how to get the 9003's into the High beam 9005 sockets. First remove the black 9005 plastic retainer. Clip out the nub pictured and scrape it smooth for no protrusion. A 1" hole saw will open the 9005 port out for the 9003 but in order to do rhis you need to use the saw to cut out a wood...
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    Comment by 'xtriggerman' in article 'Gen 2 LED headlight bulbs Low & High'

    After I wrote the above article, I found a lumens monitor I have. With some testing I found the 34w low beam of the 9003 small diameter projector was the top performer with 24-25K Lm @ 6 feet away. The 6 sided non projector I have in the high beam spot now only produces 15K Lm at 23w. You can...
  6. Gen 2 LED headlight bulbs Low & High

    Gen 2 LED headlight bulbs Low & High

    Ever since I posted the article here on how to convert your low beam to 9005' Iv been on a long journey to find modern LED powered bulbs for my 97. I'v bout about 8 sets of various bulbs primarily from Ebay and test their wattage draw and what they look like in the housings. I'll cover the low...
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    Comment by 'xtriggerman' in article 'Power Door Lock Actuator R&R'

    1/20/2024 UPDATE. The cheap China made power locks failed months ago. I finally got around to replacing them with what looks like a better set. They are USA made Standard brand. They have what looks like Ford part numbers on them. These were from RockAuto. They sound like they are working...
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    Comment by 'xtriggerman' in article 'Replacing your Radiator cooling fan with a NEW one.'

    I forgot to mention that for the new mounting screws to work, I had to rat tail file a small groove in the plastic fan mounting ring so the screws would pass squarely out to the other side. Its only about 3/32 deep of a notch. The car still has a slight drop in RPMs when the fan comes on as...
  9. Replacing your Radiator cooling fan with a NEW one.

    Replacing your Radiator cooling fan with a NEW one.

    With 96K on my 97, I have been thinking about a minor issue it has for a while now and thought it was time to make it better one way or another. The issue starts as a very common problem that all these Gen 2's have as far as my investigating goes. The cooling fans are 2 wire fans but have a 2...
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    Comment by 'xtriggerman' in article 'How to make 9005 Bulb adapters 4 Low Beam conversion'

    I promise this is the Last tweak worth mentioning to get a low beam that works similar to OEM. I found that the adapters that I made at the beginning of this article was pretty much part of the beam size problem. It was holding the bulbs out of the reflector cup too far. So I took the 9006 6...
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    Comment by 'xtriggerman' in article 'How to make 9005 Bulb adapters 4 Low Beam conversion'

    Another update. Well, the above LED's were a tad better than the HIDs but not even close to the normal high beams. I got out my Lumin meter and checked to see what it read on the 4 emitter bulb. With relatively good condition chroming inside the housings, I was getting a max of 26-2700 in the...
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    Comment by 'xtriggerman' in article 'How to make 9005 Bulb adapters 4 Low Beam conversion'

    2/4/22 Well, the HID bulb conversion has proven to be a disappointment. Again, I started having fail to light on the right side at first or multiple trys with the switch. I swapped in another ballast and it seemed better but only for a while. I installed the Morimoto bulbs and that worked for a...
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    Comment by 'xtriggerman' in article 'DERALE oil filter relocation kit project'

    One other issue with the Trans Dapt block adapter head is the 22mm x 1.5mm female threads are not quite deep enough in the adapter especially after turning the face of it down by .050. The threads simply need to be bottomed with a bottoming tap since there is plenty of unthreaded wall left in...
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    Comment by 'xtriggerman' in article 'DERALE oil filter relocation kit project'

    Another UPDATE! Well, for the second time, the block adapter started leaking pretty good again! I contacted Derale CS and they said I should tighten the adapter untill the adapter body hits the engine platform. I had a .014 adapter to block gap that was still pretty snug as the way an oil...
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    Comment by 'xtriggerman' in article 'How to make 9005 Bulb adapters 4 Low Beam conversion'

    6/12/21 Checking the DDM web sight and the link to it above actualy shows that DDM has now ditched the slim line ballasts and has their own version of the AC ballasts I put the Ebay link to. Looks like DDM is the only real choice the car has for low beams. I bought a pair of Morimoto bulbs...
  16. Speaker install w/ polarity ID

    Speaker install w/ polarity ID

    My 97 had a bad right rear 5x7 JBL so it was time for replacing all of them. I have the premium JBL syatem in the car that includes the upper door tweeters. I wasnt looking for a big up grade, just decent modern replacements that I found in HarmonyAudio.com . I replaced the 4 factory 5x7's with...
  17. Plugs & Coils R & R

    Plugs & Coils R & R

    My 97 MK VIII has 84K miles and reading up on the plugs issues on these aluminum heads has put this all in motion. Back in my youth, pulling engines, top end rebuilds and various mechanicals of the sort was never an issue but its been a long time since those days so these newer coil over plug...
  18. Part 2 Ultimate blend door repair FINALLY 8/22/20

    Part 2 Ultimate blend door repair FINALLY 8/22/20

    **** UPDATE*** Well folks the earlier Ultimate blender repair article on making the repair & mod of the black broken arm is nearly all but worthless. My above repair lasted a little over a year and the stud on the black arm has snapped off like what you see here on this disintegrated junk yard...
  19. How to make 9005 Bulb adapters 4 Low Beam conversion

    How to make 9005 Bulb adapters 4 Low Beam conversion

    My OEM Low beams craped out with 82K on the car so I was pressed into rigging in a 9005 Hi beam kit. I choose the 9005 at 5000K since I hate the hi power blue lights folks seem to want to blind all the on coming vehicles with these day. Part one for picture size sake.... This modification...
  20. Power Door Lock Actuator R&R

    Power Door Lock Actuator R&R

    This can be a real head scratcher if you don't do a bunch of searching and even then the You Tube vid on this off model repair misses some points. The symptom I had was the drivers side power lock was a hit and miss situation. Sometimes the door lock would respond properly and other times it...
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