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Installing CB in a 1999 Ford Ranger?
Steveo wrote:
jim wrote: Scott in Baltimore wrote: Get one of these and you can mount it there, and have room for other stuff too. I put one in my truck, it's handy. http://tinyurl.com/9ufnz That doesn't work so good in a soft top Jeep when one is driving topless. works for me if the operator is female Gifs? mpegs are better. |
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Installing CB in a 1999 Ford Ranger?
el snippage
That doesn't work so good in a soft top Jeep when one is driving topless. works for me if the operator is female Gifs? mpegs are better. If she is braless as well as topless, she may have a breast injury going 60 MPH with those things flopping around. |
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Installing CB in a 1999 Ford Ranger?
Scott in Baltimore wrote:
el snippage That doesn't work so good in a soft top Jeep when one is driving topless. works for me if the operator is female Gifs? mpegs are better. If she is braless as well as topless, she may have a breast injury going 60 MPH with those things flopping around. b cup perhaps? |
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Installing CB in a 1999 Ford Ranger?
Hello Steveo:
Yeah I could see that coming! I have him some old water hose for running the wires thru the fire wall, which he used. But I think the all time blooper was when my child took off with the "RED NECK" (Ford F250 4x4, 460 CI, worlds loudest Public Address System) truck loaded with teenagers going to the "The Game". The coaxes had some how got cough in the rear bumper, as it was very windy, well when they took off, down came my small antenna farm on a push-up mast. A 6 meter Interceptor 10K, a 2 meter Interceptor, two scanner antennas, and a VHF Beam. I thought a Jumbo Jet had landed on the roof. I was so mad at the kids I told them to keep on going! They returned with a old Push up mast, and between the 3 of them and me we had the antennas back up in service in an hour. But then it cost me the price for dinner for all of us, and a few girl friends at the local family runned "High Flutin" Restaurant. Of course we had to have the special, Lobster and Flite Menong. Not to mention word had gotten out to all the distinguished radio enthusiasts on all the bands, so now I had a few more for dinner promising not to say anything about the antennas coming down from the coax and truck. For a few drinks...... With a dinner bill of well over several hundred dollars, a good time was had by all. I could have done without the loud thud on the roof tho. Jay in the Mojave Kreedentials: Rock n Roll Fan CB radio operator 5 Kollage credits Desert dweller Country & Westen fan, Have a lot of Hank Willams records also..... Steveo wrote: D'OH, just when you thought you'd seen it all along comes the drive shaft! Lucky he didn't run the hot wire that way! Jay in the Mojave wrote: Hello Steveo: A good friend I worked with who retired a few years ago, had this problem. He had a new Dodge Diesel 1 Ton Pick Up Truck. He had bought it damaged from shipping. I looked it all over I couldn't see anything wrong with it. So he wanted a first class CB radio Installation. He being one of the worlds finest heavy equipment operators he had the cash to make things happen. He decided to install the radio, linear amplifier, and antenna himself. After seeing all the installation I noticed the coax dangling down between the cab and pick up box. He said it shouldn't be a problem. Well after a few short days the Drive Shaft had somehow got the coax wrapped around it and yes it pulled the coax out of the radio and antenna. But because it was the cheap RG58C Coax it didn't hurt the radio or antenna. He said he talking to his friends and all of a sudden the radio went dead. Hehehehee. I replaced it for him in the parking lot. I had some coax left over. We called him "The Drive Shaft" Jay in the Mojave Steveo wrote: Jay in the Mojave wrote: I used RG142 Coax, and made sure the coax didn't get wrapped up in the drive shaft. Had that happen ONCE! Oh man, did it yank the radio off the dash board Jay!? |
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Installing CB in a 1999 Ford Ranger?
Hello Jay:
Dang, you've got plenty coax horror stories. I never realized RG-8 made such a good lasoo'! The only coax story that I have worth repeating is when I was a kid CBer back in the late 60's. I dis-connected my coax like a good boy cuz a storm was brewing on the west horizon. My dad was sitting in his easy chair in the living room when the antenna on the chimney took a hit, and the friggin' lightning strike came down the coax across my bedroom and somehow went right around my dad in the next room...then it hit his brand new curtis mathis color TV and fried it. We were both watching the tube when it happened and he commenced to blame it on me and my CB antenna. He now admits that he didn't pay much attention to grounding my droopy-drawers 1/4 wave when he installed it, but it was like pulling teeth to get him to take any blame! Jay in the Mojave wrote: Hello Steveo: Yeah I could see that coming! I have him some old water hose for running the wires thru the fire wall, which he used. But I think the all time blooper was when my child took off with the "RED NECK" (Ford F250 4x4, 460 CI, worlds loudest Public Address System) truck loaded with teenagers going to the "The Game". The coaxes had some how got cough in the rear bumper, as it was very windy, well when they took off, down came my small antenna farm on a push-up mast. A 6 meter Interceptor 10K, a 2 meter Interceptor, two scanner antennas, and a VHF Beam. I thought a Jumbo Jet had landed on the roof. I was so mad at the kids I told them to keep on going! They returned with a old Push up mast, and between the 3 of them and me we had the antennas back up in service in an hour. But then it cost me the price for dinner for all of us, and a few girl friends at the local family runned "High Flutin" Restaurant. Of course we had to have the special, Lobster and Flite Menong. Not to mention word had gotten out to all the distinguished radio enthusiasts on all the bands, so now I had a few more for dinner promising not to say anything about the antennas coming down from the coax and truck. For a few drinks...... With a dinner bill of well over several hundred dollars, a good time was had by all. I could have done without the loud thud on the roof tho. Jay in the Mojave Kreedentials: Rock n Roll Fan CB radio operator 5 Kollage credits Desert dweller Country & Westen fan, Have a lot of Hank Willams records also..... Steveo wrote: D'OH, just when you thought you'd seen it all along comes the drive shaft! Lucky he didn't run the hot wire that way! Jay in the Mojave wrote: Hello Steveo: A good friend I worked with who retired a few years ago, had this problem. He had a new Dodge Diesel 1 Ton Pick Up Truck. He had bought it damaged from shipping. I looked it all over I couldn't see anything wrong with it. So he wanted a first class CB radio Installation. He being one of the worlds finest heavy equipment operators he had the cash to make things happen. He decided to install the radio, linear amplifier, and antenna himself. After seeing all the installation I noticed the coax dangling down between the cab and pick up box. He said it shouldn't be a problem. Well after a few short days the Drive Shaft had somehow got the coax wrapped around it and yes it pulled the coax out of the radio and antenna. But because it was the cheap RG58C Coax it didn't hurt the radio or antenna. He said he talking to his friends and all of a sudden the radio went dead. Hehehehee. I replaced it for him in the parking lot. I had some coax left over. We called him "The Drive Shaft" Jay in the Mojave Steveo wrote: Jay in the Mojave wrote: I used RG142 Coax, and made sure the coax didn't get wrapped up in the drive shaft. Had that happen ONCE! Oh man, did it yank the radio off the dash board Jay!? |
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Installing CB in a 1999 Ford Ranger?
wrote in message oups.com... Ok, so I've been wanting a CB for a long time now and finally bought one - a Uniden PC78 Elite Bearcat, 40 channels & all the goodies you could ever want. I've got a 1999 poor man's Ford Ranger (branded as a Mazda B-2500). Here's my trouble: 1. Electrical connection is supposed to be made to the ignition accessory connection. Don't know where that is. 2. Can't figure out the best place to mount the thing. Anybody who's been in a Ford Ranger knows they're rather cozy. Mine has a 5-speed manual, which eats up all the space over the hump up against the dash. Anybody want to help out? I had a 2002 Ranger and what I did was remove the ashtray and attach the radios mounting bracket with zip ties. As for the power connection go to the local auto store and get some fuse taps (they attach to a fuse ) and run the power line to that . It's a good idea to use a inline fuse on the power line at least 3 amp. |
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