Corvette1974
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Hello.
I want to install a CB radio into my 1986 M1028. I already have the radio, ordered the antenna. It is a Regency Cr-186 radio (got it at a tractor show it seems to work) and a brand new Wilson 500 magnetic base antenna.
This truck was owned by a fire company as a brush truck, and at some point it had a cb radio or the like installed. There are mount holes already drilled under the dash for the bracket and the wiring harness is still there!.
I'm planning on using those holes and the harness that is there to do the install. Is it ok to take power (12V) from the fuse box? That is where the harness is run to...
Also, are there any good places to run the antenna cable through without drilling holes? I want to limit my hole drilling cause the truck is real nice. Except one area.....haha I might just run the cable through the small rust hole in the rocker panel.
It would work.....
I was going to put the antenna on the front left corner of the bed on the bed rail. Is this a good spot for it?
let me know what you guys think!
Thanks,
Will
I want to install a CB radio into my 1986 M1028. I already have the radio, ordered the antenna. It is a Regency Cr-186 radio (got it at a tractor show it seems to work) and a brand new Wilson 500 magnetic base antenna.
This truck was owned by a fire company as a brush truck, and at some point it had a cb radio or the like installed. There are mount holes already drilled under the dash for the bracket and the wiring harness is still there!.
I'm planning on using those holes and the harness that is there to do the install. Is it ok to take power (12V) from the fuse box? That is where the harness is run to...
Also, are there any good places to run the antenna cable through without drilling holes? I want to limit my hole drilling cause the truck is real nice. Except one area.....haha I might just run the cable through the small rust hole in the rocker panel.
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I was going to put the antenna on the front left corner of the bed on the bed rail. Is this a good spot for it?
let me know what you guys think!
Thanks,
Will
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