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I will also have to run and grab a sheet of 0.0625 Aluminum sheet Wednesday to make the bracket for the electric panel that needs to be added to the drivers inside of the Flip-Pac. Although not a true to spec drawing, short two dimensions still away from accuracy but I must be able to mock it up first to get them. When you look at the second interior pic of the Flip-Pac, the bracket makes more sense.
I'll have to pull the light fixture, mark everything and add at least the two top holes of the NEW electrical panel. Match those and the E-Panel fully on the template and then transfer all that properly to the aluminum sheet cut it out, drill my pilot holes and the wire pass through hole on the light fixture side of things. Bolt the E-panel to it, mount it onto the front stud, mount the light fixture to it and the Flip-Pac, then reinstall the light itself, LED bulb, lens, and call it done.
From there it will mainly be all wiring and waterproof conduits & connections between the bed interior and the under-chassis battery-box storage and engine bay; this is where all the action will be and where everything will be critical for in the field performance needs. So I'll be making another set of extended length battery cables. One shorter pair and one longer pair that will go from the spare tire carrier house battery storage to the engine bay and another pair from the house battery location to the forward drivers side of the bed and then inside, secured into an Anderson connector for simplicity and serviceability.
Before I do that.., I do have a gasket that needs to be added to the front edge of the bed in order to seal it off better. The old gasket was over 20 years old and the new one came in a short while ago. So another small fire to put out there in completing as much dust removal. I really should do a good video and or write up of how I been achieving that and the results I gained making the cap as waterproof and dust free as possible. Especially since the entire bed work like I said before is a project in of its own.
Soon I guess...
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