I did this with my previous vehicle. The dummy light on the dash was was always one. If didn't bother me but I have since learned it drives younger people mid/late 20 year olds crazy.
I am glad your health is improving enough to allow for you to work on your Maverick mods. I see your reading time has given you a lot of great ideas. Your soldering method should work. I sometimes use Wago connectors but the smallest gauge wire they go up to is 24 gauge which may be to large...
Probably should have ticketed this guy instead.
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I believe the power to the pigtails turn off after a certain amount of time when you turn the truck off. I'm sure there are more knowledgeable members that can help.
There was a really good post on pin stripping a couple years ago. Sorry I am to tired to search for it but if gave me the confidence try some pin stripping. You may have to zoom in
Yesterday, when scheduling an oil change I asked them about the seat buckle recall and they said they could only do it if the air bag lights had come on. It is a sensor wire that sometimes breaks.
I have the 3D Matt's and like them.
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Probably would have gone with the Tux mats but they were out of stock when I needed them.
Maybe something like this would work.
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