Ok, so a friend of mine told me how to check a few things in there. Behind the fuse block at the left kick panel, there is an integration relay. He told me to check voltage at pin #9. I don't know how anybody ever put the truck together-nobody has hands small enough to get in there. I unbolted the fuse block at the bottom and then couldn't figure out how to get the **** thing out at the top. I finally wrestled it out (sort of) and was able to pivot it around to check the pin. Zilch. I unplugged it, fooled around with the pin, plugged it back in and checked it again. The voltmeter was going all over and the door buzzer was driving me nuts so I sat up and noticed the idiot lights were on in the dash. I turned the truck on and they all kind of worked. The tach was reading higher that it should have and the volt/battery guage was reading a lot lower than it should have. I drove it just far enough to see if the speedo would work-it still doesn't. Having unplugged a few things to get as far as I did, I figured if I put it back together maybe it would go back to normal. This is where I feel like a complete moron. I can't get it all back in there. The top of the fuse block has so much crap around it that I just couldn't get it back in. I tried taking off some of the stuff at the top but the little plastic clips beat me to it. Then it started raining! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/angry.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/angry.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/angry.gif" alt="" /> I'd like to take that thing out completely and go to the junkyard to find a donor to see if this integration relay is my problem. I'm getting my <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/butwiggle.gif" alt="" /> kicked by little plastic clips. I don't know how I'm going to get it apart... *sigh* If little plastic clips are breaking me down this bad, I should turn in my tools and take up knitting. This is rediculous. I know it doesn't have to be this hard. I'm just so damn frustrated. I've got to stop before I just yank it out of there with force. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/angry.gif" alt="" />


Edit-after some lunch, I went back out to deal with it one way or the other. In less than a minute, everything slid back in to place perfectly. It seems that having a temper tantrum did the trick. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/baby.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> Guages and lights are all good (except speedo-I'll deal with that another day) and things seem to be fine. Then the hood release cable broke. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> When the weather is nice again or if I get moved soon I'll tear in to the dash to deal with the speedo once and for all and replace the broken cable.