So although I have the new Pioneer stereo is installed in the SSR and all functions working, except for the rear camera which is not hooked up yet, I will be ripping back into the car sometime soon. There are several issues I am not happy with and want to address.
The first is the fact that the radio appears to be just a fraction of an inch too far forward, causing that area of the dash to not go back together as it should. My plan to resolve this is to totally pull apart the dash AND the top dash cover so I can get a bird’s eye view of what is going on behind the radio. This will also allow me to make sure I am not inadvertently pinching something that shouldn’t be. After my car totaling electrical fire in the 71 Buick years ago I am a bit sensitive to this possibility.
I also want to enable the system to automatically flip to the rear camera view when the truck is put in reverse. In order to do this I need to connect a wire in the radio harness to a supply wire that is hot when the truck is put in reverse. I found out there is such a wire behind the fuse box that is located behind the passenger seat. Unfortunately to gain access to it I have to remove the “waterfall” and the fuse box case.
Of course I also have to actually mount the rear view camera which I think will wind up going right above the license plate. I also need to decide exactly how I want to route the cable from the camera to the control box. Obviously it needs to be out of harm’s way with minimal exposure to the elements.
I am also considering removing all my crimped wire connections and soldering them since that is the best way to ensure nothing works it’s way loose long term.
Anyway it all adds up to a bunch of additional hours digging around inside the SSR. I’d like to get to to work on it this weekend but free time will be a bit hard to come by since we have to time a race Saturday and then run a half marathon Sunday. Plus the replacement IAC for the Tacoma should be showing up soon. That needs to be replaced ASAP. Driving the truck after a warm start is downright hazardous at this point.
Last night I made my final attempt at the February Bar-barian challenge. This was my third video taped attempt. I wanted to try something different. For my other attempts I was doing larger numbers of reps early on with some small breaks in between the exercises. This time I was going to try a strategy I saw others use successfully, mini-sets.
Basically I did a decent sized first set with 15 pull ups and 30 push ups. After that I just bounced back and forth between each exercise, trying to just do as many reps as I could without taking a long pause during the set. It worked out well, netting me 5 extra pull ups over my previous attempts but a few less push ups. Overall it worked out to my highest point total of the month.
I have started watching season two of 24. It has been entertaining so far but it sort of seems like Jack has absolutely lost touch with reality. I mean how is he allowed to shoot, kill and behead a federally protected witness, even if they threw in the qualifier that the witness was into kiddie porn? It was pretty insane. Regardless I am strapped in and ready to enjoy the ride.