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Old 11-07-2010, 05:22 PM
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Default Re: 2004 and up Ranger to Mustang Dome Light Mod

Shit....I think I got myself confused then,,,, I did my OHC, visors, and auto dim mirror at the same time. Let me think now, Sorry man!

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your visors have a small wiring harness right?
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Old 11-07-2010, 05:26 PM
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http://www.therangerstation.com/Maga...ad_console.htm

This might explain it. Guess one of the screws that holds the visor up needs to work as a ground, makes sense.

*I didn't actually mount them all up I thought i would just connect the wire to see if they worked. I will try this and see what happens.
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Old 11-07-2010, 05:31 PM
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http://www.therangerstation.com/Maga...ad_console.htm

This might explain it. Guess one of the screws that holds the visor up needs to work as a ground, makes sense.

*I didn't actually mount them all up I thought i would just connect the wire to see if they worked. I will try this and see what happens.
I followed the same guide. I think The auto dim mirror was what I grounded to the OHC bracket, and I tapped the visors into the OHC wire going to the dome light. Sorry man....I dun gots confused!
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Old 11-07-2010, 06:16 PM
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Clinton, whats the word on those mustang dome lights i pulled? Whats with the plug on the back?
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Old 11-09-2010, 12:21 PM
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FYI: One of these solved my ground issue (replace one of the plastic rings with one of these and the visor is grounded just like it would have been in the Explorer.) I was not crazy about running another wire just to ground the visors, PLUS this was super easy and cheap lol.





Sorry for kinda hijacking the dome discussion but the dome install worked as a very good base for the visor install, Thanks for all the help.
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Old 01-06-2011, 10:45 PM
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Default Re: 2004 and up Ranger to Mustang Dome Light Mod

so just to clarify from an earlier post. *

someone that had a 99 ranger that had manual lights was able to do this as a direct swap, so is the power wire still needed to complete this?
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Old 01-07-2011, 12:02 AM
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FYI: One of these solved my ground issue (replace one of the plastic rings with one of these and the visor is grounded just like it would have been in the Explorer.) I was not crazy about running another wire just to ground the visors, PLUS this was super easy and cheap lol.





Sorry for kinda hijacking the dome discussion but the dome install worked as a very good base for the visor install, Thanks for all the help.
thats what I ended up having to do.
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Old 01-16-2011, 04:18 PM
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Default Re: 2004 and up Ranger to Mustang Dome Light Mod

hey sorry, this is somewhat unrelated but i have a 2010 ranger and did a dome light mod and accidentally shorted it out with my finger, i cant for the life of me figure out where the fuse is for it or how many amps it is.. i don't think my truck came with anything telling me what fuses do what does anyone know where it is? thanks for the help.
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hey sorry, this is somewhat unrelated but i have a 2010 ranger and did a dome light mod and accidentally shorted it out with my finger, i cant for the life of me figure out where the fuse is for it or how many amps it is.. i don't think my truck came with anything telling me what fuses do what does anyone know where it is? thanks for the help.
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Old 01-16-2011, 05:39 PM
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thanks for that, found the fuse no problem after looking at the manual. Thats just a pic of the completed light mod with it acctually working.


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Old 01-16-2011, 05:53 PM
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Old 01-16-2011, 07:14 PM
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Fixed the image for ya.
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Old 04-12-2011, 10:17 PM
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STL -

Did I read this correctly, that if we have a 2002 (my year) that all we have to do is remove the dome light, the wires, replace it with the mustang dome light, and thats all we really need to do?

(Obviously disconnect the battery too)

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Old 04-13-2011, 01:47 AM
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That is correct.
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Old 04-13-2011, 03:16 AM
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That is correct.
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