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Old 04-21-2026, 08:07 AM
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Nice. I like the fact that it’s switched to position one on the ignition so I won’t drain my battery by forgetting to turn them off. The switch came with the KC light wiring kit. Three prong and fits perfectly into the cig lighter socket, after you drill the bottom out of the metal “basket” to make room for the wires. The cig lighter though is a pain to get in and out. Best I can tell it locks into the console and is difficult not to break plastic getting it out. I ended up just buying a new plastic ring (goes around the metal part) because I mangled my original one so badly.

I’m sure KC sells the switches on their website, or would if you call them. They also supply a rectangular switch, so make sure you get the round one. I can pop it out and measure the diameter if you would like.


G300, the oil cooler was supposed to be a temp setup while I figured out how to mount it internally, behind the front bumper. However, I ended up liking the drift car look, and eventually found the ECS Tuning light bar, which works great for a mount when turned upside down. It looks better than anything I can fab.

The 2002 4.4 didn’t come with an OE oil cooler so I wanted to add one to protect the new motor. It uses the “Gulf” oil filter housing, which has an integrated tstat in it for a cooler. I modified it for AN lines. The cooler is a CSF Race universal and comes with AN -10 ports.

You can see the bottom of the oil filter housing, with the AN oil cooler lines plumbed below:
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