Niolin
Newbie
I have a 92 diesel C3500HD w/ the 5 speed. I purchased a 1998 C1500 with a busted 4.3 V6 for a few pennies and my intention is to swap nearly the entire interior across. There are several threads on this, but I wanted to bring specific attention to a couple of things that may be unique to my situation and get people's thoughts before I dive in to the conversion.
The 3500 does not have A/C (though the Craigslist motor I got for it has a working compressor mounted). I was going to swap all the A/C components I could over, and it looks like I'll have to source the compressor lines but everything else should swap across (condenser, evaporator, etc). Is there anything special I should be looking at here? I think I'll have to make some holes in the firewall for the evaporator, are those marked at all on the inside where I'll be drilling or is it going to be some guesswork?
The 3500 has **** HVAC controls, they don't adjust all the way from defrost to upper vents. I intend to swap the entire air box and everything related from the 1500. Anyone foresee trouble here or is it going to be pretty simple?
The 1500 is an automatic, so I won't be able to use the steering column or the instrument cluster; I've seen some pics from folks who did this swap and left their old column in place, I suppose I could do the same and also with the cluster, until I can find manual diesel versions of these parts available somewhere.
Do I use the fuse box from the 98 or will I be able to mount the 92's fuse box in the replacement dash?
Are there any other gotchas that people can think of that I'm missing?
I intend to document the process fairly thoroughly, but I won't be starting for a few weeks yet so I'm hoping for a bit of discussion before I start .
The 3500 does not have A/C (though the Craigslist motor I got for it has a working compressor mounted). I was going to swap all the A/C components I could over, and it looks like I'll have to source the compressor lines but everything else should swap across (condenser, evaporator, etc). Is there anything special I should be looking at here? I think I'll have to make some holes in the firewall for the evaporator, are those marked at all on the inside where I'll be drilling or is it going to be some guesswork?
The 3500 has **** HVAC controls, they don't adjust all the way from defrost to upper vents. I intend to swap the entire air box and everything related from the 1500. Anyone foresee trouble here or is it going to be pretty simple?
The 1500 is an automatic, so I won't be able to use the steering column or the instrument cluster; I've seen some pics from folks who did this swap and left their old column in place, I suppose I could do the same and also with the cluster, until I can find manual diesel versions of these parts available somewhere.
Do I use the fuse box from the 98 or will I be able to mount the 92's fuse box in the replacement dash?
Are there any other gotchas that people can think of that I'm missing?
I intend to document the process fairly thoroughly, but I won't be starting for a few weeks yet so I'm hoping for a bit of discussion before I start .