the studs on my flowtech cutout only have about 1 - 2 threads sticking out the top of the QTP, and almost no threads showing with a gasket installed.

anyone else have this problem?

i was going to install it tonight but aparently this isn't going to be a painless easy install like i expected. the dremel is going to have to grind off the welds on the old bolt "studs" and i'm going to have to locate new bolts at the hardware store.


so much for being a bolt-in.

 

That's what I had to do with my McCord.

 

i left the gasket off and used the wingnuts when i had my QTP. here's pics. http://www.stealthram.com/qtpcutout.html

 

how did you get the power from the fuse block? i tried to do that for my xm radio install but i couldn't figure it out so i just said f it and spliced into the radio wires, which i think would be a bad idea for an e-cutout.

 

one guy used the power from the ashtray light. you could pull the power from the cigarette lighter. i already had a power wire running to my ashtray switch panel. so, i tapped from there.

 

do you have any idea how much power one of these things pulls? i currently have the radar detector running off of the cig lighter circuit, don't want to overload it although i doubt the detector pulls many amps.

 

At one point I had my cutout switch, XM radio box, and manual fan switch running off of it. It had no problems whatsoever. I have since ditched the fan switch. You should be able to run both no problem.

With regards to the cutout-bolt problem, the instuctions that came with mine reccomended not using the gasket, instead using a bead of RTV sealant. That's what I used and have had no leaks so far, besides through the plate itself I've rebuilt that damn thing myself twice already and it still skipd slightly.

 

well i managed to drill out the two bottom studs but there is no way in hell that the top stud is going to come out. no matter though, it was the longest of the 3 and i've got plenty of threads to work with on that one.

so i got it installed using longer studs/bolts, ran the wire, wired it up to the cig lighter and a little light comes on in the switch. DAMNIT! its a switch with a light on the end... no good, now i've got a constant power draw.

i've given up for the night, everything works and the car is back together. going to go out tomorrow and get a roll of wire so i can wire the switch to a switched power source rather than a constant power source.


while getting the old bolt/studs off i bashed one out with a hammer, bending the lip of the cutout in the process. i think i put enough red RTV on there to cover up the bend, time will tell.