Leon's Jeep has undergone some changes of the past few months.   The dash is full of Cyberdyne digital gauges that currently do not work properly. We can't wait to pull the dash to see what's going on. Under the hood you will find a nice 350ci SBC. After pulling the dash, we find some pretty disturbing things. The first thing to notice is the usage of household wire nuts! Can you believe that? Wire nuts make me crazy! There is no place in a vehicle where wire nuts are acceptable! There are so many cross-links and butt connections, that it will take me a while to clean this up. It's no wonder that the gauges were going crazy. There it is . . . I knew I would find the fuse box in there somewhere. I have a good idea what I will find hidden under this tape. Well at least I had a good idea, because this is NOT a good idea! I can't believe that someone actually charged to install this kit! Sorry, it had to be said. The speedo and tach were rewired with plugs so that the dash panel can be removed without cutting any wires. This is the plug for all of the other gauges. This is the back side of the additional gauges. Notice that I left plenty of lead wires so the panel can be removed easily and unplugged. This is the hood supports that were installed to raise and support the hood. Make sure you check out the short video we recorded by clicking on the YouTube icon above. This is the headlight and wiper switches. The wiring under the dash was completely traced and properly wired. All wire nuts were removed and wiring replaced where needed. The gauges work fine now and you can see the billet horn button that Craig fabricated on the lathe. Leon decided that he wanted the hood open by pressing a switch within the cab of the jeep. We had to run a cable from the latch to a 50lb solenoid to pop this heavy hood. This is a picture of the stainless steel bracket that we fabricated to mount under the top of the radiator support. The top of the bracket is angled to give the proper angle to pull the latch. This is shot looking up into the grill at the installed latch bracket. Looking directly at the grill, the bracket becomes pretty much hidden under the radiator support. There was a hole already on the dash that we used to mount the push button to pop the hood. This is the 50lb solenoid mounted under the radiator support and protected from the elements. We had to fabricate the stainless bracket to hold the cable in place. Now that everything has been mocked up and tested, we will remove the solenoid bracket and paint. All of the wiring for this solenoid is located inside the cab of the jeep under the dash. We installed a new Kenwood sterio in Leon's Jeep. This unit has an MP3 connection in the front of the faceplate so you can always play your favorite tunes!