Talk me into, or out of, it...

[someotherguy]

Dunno why it took me a couple weeks to get around to it but I dropped the truck back off at the transmission shop today. My buddy assured me they'll take care of everything.. I showed him the video I took where you can hear the noise on decel in 5th.

Next up maybe I'll have some time soon to mess around with this used dashboard I'm thinking about.. maybe.. should I fix it up and install it, or... ugh.

Bought a used dash...not sure I'm gonna use it.

So the dash in my '93 is obliterated. I mean, 100% unsavable, there's hardly anything left on top, it's so brittle it has shattered into millions of pieces. I have a cheap cover on top of it but the whole dash shakes while driving since it's not attached at the top at all. Really having a...

www.gmt400.com

Richard

 

[someotherguy]

Tearing the spare dash down to get ready to do some repairs to it, then clean, prep, and paint.

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And for those of you that haven't torn one down to this level (first 88-94 style that I have) - the L shaped trim pieces as well as the far right dash vent are in vinyl surrounds. They're kind of hard, but still a vinyl-like material, not plastic.

Now I've got a spare 92-94 dash cluster connector, DRAC connector, some dash wiring (was cut off before the firewall unfortunately) and a DRAC from a '94 auto w/3.42's and 265/75/16 tires from factory. Could be useful for someone doing a 88-91 to 92-94 cluster swap!

Richard

 

[Orpedcrow]

These pictures are triggering flashbacks… I spent waaay too much time in mine.

 

[someotherguy]

These pictures are triggering flashbacks… I spent waaay too much time in mine.

The temptation to patch it up and slap it back together is almost overwhelming. Can't have it be the nicest thing on a beat-up old truck, ya know?

Richard

 

[skylark]

The temptation to patch it up and slap it back together is almost overwhelming. Can't have it be the nicest thing on a beat-up old truck, ya know?

Richard

Sure it can. Your snowball started the day you started improving it.

 

[Erik the Awful]

I took the time on WCJr, and it makes a big difference in the presentation of the truck. I'll be taking even more time on Roscoe.

 

[fancyTBI]

Richard, any word on the transmission? I’m worried I might put some miles on mine before yours gets back from the shop!

 

[someotherguy]

Richard, any word on the transmission? I’m worried I might put some miles on mine before yours gets back from the shop!

They got "busy" ... I reminded them I dropped it off THREE WEEKS AGO. I knew I shouldn't have trusted it when it initially got back to me so quickly.

I'm worried we'll be in full-blown Summer before I'm driving it again and the next delay will be me fixing the A/C.

Richard

 

[smdk2500]

Sure it can. Your snowball started the day you started improving it.

Don't you mean as soon as he bought it. You know the snowball was growing as he was driving it home.