Dash issues

Tomcat71 · May 2, 2024

Well Amazingly enough I found a decent dash in the junkyard the other day so I bit the bullet and tore my old one out. the thing was totally trashed.

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The old one didnt have a thing let intact up top. the **** was breaking off like styrofoam .

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and here is the new to me dash .

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got my old harness reinstalled and will hopefully go back in the truck tomorrow morning.

grampadirt · May 2, 2024

Awesome,I'm sure it'll look when done.A little tip....now would be a good time to replace the heater & evap core.

fancyTBI · May 2, 2024

I agree. While you’ve got the dash out take the time to replace any of the degraded foam as well. Give the harness a good inspection, repair any breaks or damaged wire, and re-loom everything.

Something else that is also overlooked when people do dash swaps: give the firewall a good cleaning. Doesn’t have to be with fancy chemicals. You can use some dawn, hot water, and a rag. If it were me, I’d also put sound deadening on, but it’s not necessary.

Keep it up, glad to see you breathe some new life into your truck. That dash was toast.

Tomcat71 · May 3, 2024

this truck is new to me, so for right now Im gonna bite the bullet and NOT change the heater core, Im more than likely gonna bu a new dash shell from LMC later on. I'm not gonna refurb all the Hvac system while I have this current one out. I dont suspect this one will last very long either.

Tomcat71 · May 4, 2024

I got it in only to find out the frigging brake lights dont work, Tail lights have new bulbs so I suspect someone was having the same issue and I didnt realize it when i bought it...damnit.
gonna be rocking the two tone dash for a while..lol I also cleaned and installed my grey dash vent on the passenger side, so its gonna look like a grey strip down the center. and I save the OG pieces that go under the instrument cluster so it will be consistent all the way across and blends in with the door panels.

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Now to start removing all the interior and giving everything a deep clean.

fancyTBI · May 4, 2024

The blue and gray combo doesn’t look bad IMO.

Tomcat71 · Saturday at 8:18 AM

yeah I still have the light grey trim pieces for under the cluster, just have to get back in and install them.

Scooterwrench · Saturday at 8:46 AM

You won't need to paint the LMC dash,they come in one color,,,,,,,gray!

Dropped88 · Saturday at 8:48 AM

2 tone dashes look good

Tomcat71 · Saturday at 9:27 AM

Two tone dash here also.

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