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Well, that sucks.

great idea that forced me to run to the garage and pull a wheel and disassemble the spindle and try but no luck. Thanks for the suggestion.

Looks to me that the three bar plate should go behind the wheel?

Tried that but the spindle portion will not fit thru the hole in the wheel from the backside

After taking this off the wheel, it is not as bad as I thought or appeared while still attached to the wheel. I am going to trry running the wheels on back without the 3 bar and see what happens.

The rear axle assembly is an 8" Ford out of a Mustang. Had the axles checked when I replaced the bearings last year.The brake assemblies are stock Mustang. I have not tried running without the 3 bar spinner and that may be an idea. The tires on the rear are BF GoodrichTA radial 255/70/R15 and I run about 24-26 lbs as this gives me the smoothest ride. Maybe they need more air to cut down on the side flex as I only hear the noise when I am cornering. You questions have really started me thinking in different directions, thanks.

How about a pic of the back side of the spinner unit?

have to pull a wheel and disassemble the spinner tomorrow and I will take a photo and post. One other thing I forgot to mention is the  problems only affect the rear wheels.

Are the washers offset or concentric? I can't tell by the pic.

They are concentric.

I have enclosed 2 photo that show the wheels on my car. After I torque the wheels to specs and drive a couple of hundred miles the lugs loosen very slightly and when I go around a corner it sounds like a nut is loose in the Blue lug nut cover. Where the washer that goes with the lug nuts have ground their way about halfway thru the spinner bracket(2nd photo circled in yellow). Can I use a larger diameter washer so that it contacts the spindle mount more evenly? I realize I  would have to grind a small crescent shape on the washer to meet the contour of the spinner mount and put a concave shape in the hole for the lug nut. Is this feasible or am I biting off more than I can chew.

I FINALLY got a hold of someone at Custom Radio in California and found out the radio is 18 years old and they stopped posting updates or manuals. But I was able to talk a very nice rep and explain my problem and she went to her personal treasure trove and emailed me the info I needed to program the radio. Thanks for looking.

What is the model number?

Just finally called the manufacturer again and got the models number. It is model SS2

I purchased this unit from EBAY but unfortunately there was no instruction booklet or installation papers. I tried the manufacturer but the only thing they sent was the later models. Looking for a copy of the instruction/installation papers if anybody has them and would be willing to share.

Thank You Thank You. Just got done running a wire from side to side and that did it. I now have full lighting which ever door I open. Now the task is to start cleaning the rats nest behind the dash BUT thats for another day and time. Now time to gewt out the bicycle and ride the Auburn Trail and get rid of my frustrations.

Yes it is one wire that screws into metal door jams and has I believe Cameron switches with a metal plunger that when the door closes the plunger pushes in and breaks the connection. I will check for power or ground on the switches and let you know. Going to take me a couple of days as I put the whole thing back together and walked away in frustration. Thank you for the tips.

I am a little slow on wiring. If I run a wire from the hot side of the jam switch on the drivers door to the hot side of the jam switch on the passenger door, this will solve my problem?

Typically the courtesy light are operated by switching the grounds. Also typically the wire colors are orange and white with orange being the power and white as ground. I hope this helps, but your results may vary.

May have been orange and white when installed but now is probably pink and chartreuse with the mish mash of spaghetti I inherited when I got it. Thank you for the thoughts.

I have traced wiring and replaced both jam switches all to no luck. I just wrote down what is taking place this morning. When I open the driver door the lights in the front kick panels on either side work very well. Close the door they go off. No other lights work with the driver door switch. Open the passenger door and the 2 little lights in the rear view mirror and both lights in the rear seat floor level work. Neither kick panel works with the passenger door.  I had to remove both front kick panels to access the speaker wires for the radio install and did find a hot wire disconnected, reconnected this wire but it did not affect the lights either connected or disconnected. I inherited a rats nest of mismatched wires and butt connectors behind the dash and I am somewhat reluctant to tackle this mess. I have resigned myself to the fact that until I tear out everything and rewire the car this is what I have. With both doors open ALL interior light work. Do not drive that far where it makes an impact that the interior lights are screwed up.