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One project finished (Explorer overhead console install)...

The console is from a '96 Explorer. I had to disassemble it to paint it because it was originally brown (I used a can of red ricer interior paint, it matched the T-Bird's red almost perfectly). The temperature sensor is from a 2001 Jimmy. I wired it into the clock/tripminder harness to get the acc/int lights/ground/speed sensor inputs, the dome harness to get the wiring for the map lights and I had to run a new harness out to the radiator support for the temp sensor. To mount it I had to cut a 3" X 5" hole in the headliner for the map lights. I stuck a small piece of 3/8" plywood in the hole and shoved it back between the headliner and roof to screw the console body to. I did the same thing for the front mount. Looks like factory:
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

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Great job there Thunder Chicken.

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Thanks :D
 
Didja notice the temp showing on it? 67 degrees! In Nova Scotia! In April! On a weekend!
 
:bowdown: Global warming
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

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Good Job.  If I didn;t know better I'd say that was factory (after all it should have been, right?). 
If you have time, I'm sure many would appreciate it if you added this as a tech artical to your website.

After last winter, I think all of Canada deserves nice weather.  Its 72*F and sunny here right now.

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I didn't take any pics during the install (my 16MB smartmedia card ped out so I'm stuck using a 2MB one that holds like 3 pictures) but I will be doing up an article on it with wiring diagrams eventually
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣
 

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Reply #5 –
Thats cool.  Good work man.  I like it.

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Reply #6 –
nice button on the visor :D

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Quote from: zpyro
nice button on the visor :D

What can I say - that button has survived an '85 V6, a '91 V6, an '88 5.0 Cougar, an '87 5.0 Sport and is now in my '88 5.0 T-Bird. It's been around :D
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

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Very nice!  :bowdown:
1984 Cougar Convertible
1988 Cougar XR-7

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Quote from: Thunder Chicken
Didja notice the temp showing on it? 67 degrees! In Nova Scotia! In April! On a weekend!
 
:bowdown: Global warming
Yes i did notice the 67 but it didn't click. It got up to 60 here yesterday. Not bad since we're only about 1/2 mile from the ocean and the coolness of the Labrador current.

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I'm really gonna have to pick one of those up. Nice clean instal,man.

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I've actually been thinking of making a whole section of stickies, almost like a sub-forum. We've got a few tech stickies in each thread, and I'm sure we'll get more as time passes. Once we end up with a whole page of stickies in a topic it kinda takes the purpose of a sticky away...
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

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You could always make an FAQ/TECH area with just stickies.......
-- 05 Mustang GT-Whipplecharged !!
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Reply #14 –
Hey man your dash is cracked.

(Sorry I'm bitter.  Overhead console envy.)  :D
-Jim
1987 Cougar LS 5.0