Was installing a tach on my truck and apparently disconnected my aftermarket radios power cord. But I can't get behind the dash panel to get to the wires to fix it. 
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RollinWOT
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Just take the dash and valance off. That should give you some access. Good luck!
How? I've looked and don't see a whole lot and I Really don't want to break anything. More.
Jason_J
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Bribe the nearest kid with small arms.
Lol I tried my little brother but he said he won't help.
Know how to remove the wood grain lookin thing at the bottom?
Know how to remove the wood grain lookin thing at the bottom?
Lol well thanks for the info, I got it all apart, and then I realized I didn't had to.
So here's what happened......
Got a tach this morning and was going about installing, with no problems....
I was getting it all mounted up and getting the wires were they should, all hidden away, when I get the bright idea, hey let's listen to the radio. So im playing the radio, and decide the hole that was already there were I was gonna mount the tach, the hole wasn't quite big enough. So I took a drill and bit and started drillin out the hole, and the hole sparked. So I thought I broke the power wire and then began dismantling the dash trying the wire I broke. Spent a couple hours trying to figure out how to get the dash apart, dad gets home putts around for a minute, says he fixed. And I was like how the heck did you do it?? He says
You blew a fuse.
DAMN IT!!!!!!
But on the plus side learned how to take the dash apart, and wired the tach.
So here's what happened......
Got a tach this morning and was going about installing, with no problems....
I was getting it all mounted up and getting the wires were they should, all hidden away, when I get the bright idea, hey let's listen to the radio. So im playing the radio, and decide the hole that was already there were I was gonna mount the tach, the hole wasn't quite big enough. So I took a drill and bit and started drillin out the hole, and the hole sparked. So I thought I broke the power wire and then began dismantling the dash trying the wire I broke. Spent a couple hours trying to figure out how to get the dash apart, dad gets home putts around for a minute, says he fixed. And I was like how the heck did you do it?? He says
You blew a fuse.
DAMN IT!!!!!!
But on the plus side learned how to take the dash apart, and wired the tach.
RollinWOT
Well-Known Member
Hey, live and learn right? We've all been there.
once upon a time i had a POS chevy berretta. i replaced every friggin electronic under the hood that i could replace. i did all this to try and figure out why the alternator wasnt charging the battery. it turns out that after replacing all the wiring under the hood that there is a fancy little 5 amp fuse in the fuse panel that was blown and the panel cover said alt. this was in my first year of highschool(5 years ago) i learned a life lesson. IF ITS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE, ALWAYS START WITH THE FUSES!!!!! 
Jason_J
Well-Known Member
More times than I like to admit!
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