Saturday, April 5, 2014

New Radio But No Sound

Got "some" things done today.  I guess when you get toward the end of a project the "level" of feel good isn't quite as exciting as starting up the motor for the first time.  The fun began on Thursday when I was to meet some friends at Railhead.  I decided to drive the truck over (I have insurance and tags, no inspection) and park it up front.  After about 10 minutes a 2014 Corvette parked next to me and I swear he door dinged me.  After a through inspection, I couldn't decide which scratch was his so I let it be.  Next time though...

If you have ever seen this episode of RoadKill, you will understand what I am about to say.  Not one guy gave the truck a glance next to the Corvette, but the girls sure liked it!  Yes, my wife was there.

So, back to today's work.  In quick order, I bought a rivet nut tool and some rivet nuts and fixed the rear view mirrors.  We spent countless hours trying to run speaker wire under the carpet, and 1.5 hours installing the radio.  The install turned out pretty nice using the Volvo bezel.  I was pleasantly surprised.  We plugged in the old Pioneer TS-55 speakers that my parents gave me for Christmas in 1986 and not only to they work, they are freakin' load!  These won't be what I am going to use for sound because I had them mounted on the dash.  So for now, the radio looks good, "but no sound".












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