Extreme Air Block Install On A Chevy El Camino - Baggin' Rights

7.As creatures of habit, the new Dakota Digital display was installed in the same location as the old controls.

8.After locating a good mounting area for the Extreme Air Block, some preassembly was in order. A tee is used to provide mounting of the pressure diaphragms and air input lines for each solenoid.

9.Dakota Digital's Air Ride Controller was mounted close to the solenoids and sensors for easy installation. This is only a good idea if the bulkhead is mounted in a dry environment.

10.Making sure the colored wire fits the correct airbag is the hardest part of this job. The wiring to the pressure sensors is done with a low-voltage signal wire, and simply fastens to the finger-screw connectors on the ends of the air pressure sensors. The solenoids may use a larger-gauge wire, but the Extreme block keeps all the components together, which makes wiring the sensors and solenoids a cinch.

11.A thermal breaker was used on the positive wire of the airbag system to protect the components from high-amp loads. Tapping into the safe-guarded hot wire provided the perfect positive wire for the control box.

12.With the control module and Extreme bulkhead mounted, wiring the display and controls were next on the agenda. Make sure you have a small flathead screwdriver handy to tighten the control wires to the display.

13.Now that the wiring was hooked up, all that was left was to push in the air lines.

14.The unit was powered up to ensure the wiring, controls, and solenoids were working before the display was mounted.

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