my 1994 silverado

Moparmat2000 said:

94burbk1500 hooked me up with a spare A/C controller he had. Thanks Eric!!! Mine was sun faded so bad the buttons looked worn out. The hot n cold button the red was faded to white, the blue was fading fast as well. The backlighting for the switches doesnt light up on the one he sent, but i am sure i can figure that out and get it to light up again, or combine the 2 controllers to make 1 good one. Maybe leds or something like that. I will add this to the ong list of stuff to do to the truck

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Glad I could help! Funny enough, the backlights don't work on my "new" one either. Let me know what you do to replace them and I'll be doing the same. Lol

Bulbs twist into the back of the unit. Can be replaced with halogen or led.

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Being the dislay face button area is rather small, its prob a similar bulb and socket arrangement to a late 80s Chrysler factory radio. Itty bitty light bulbs w bare wire threaded into an itty bitty twist n lock socket if i had to guess.

These bulbs if i had to guess. Would like to upgrade to dark green LED.

I must confess, I have not done much with my truck lately. Been using it maybe once a week. My 6 year old son and I have embarked on a 69 barracuda restoration for him. I told him if he puts in the sweat equity then it's his when he is driving age. We get out there a little bit every day, mostly at his request, so I may have created a monster lol. But seriously he is learning many things with this. Working w his hands, patience, perserverence, life lessons and quite possibly a trade. Last pic is after 5 weeks of work, left side is almost done.

It needs a lot of metal work in the floors and trunk area. Removal of the old aluminum drag car rear tubs. I have new repop sheetmetal floors, rear valance, wheel houses, spare tire well etc. for it. When he is older I will be teaching him how to drill spotwelds, fab sheetmetal, and how to weld up panels. For now its just strip and primer it, and install a shortened ford explorer 8.8 disc brake rear under the back.

I still need to get my cowl hood on the truck. Need to pick up some teal base/clear to edge and jamb the underside. The primer I am using against the bare steel on this car is a PPG aircraft 2K epoxy primer. PPG 512x310 light grey urethane compatible. Requires MEK to clean out the paint gun. Super tough stuff, dries like concrete lol. You can primer a part and probably leave it in the elements for years that way and it probably wont rust. Comes as a gallon of primer and a gallon of activator. Mix ratio is 1 to 1 so you end up with 2 gallons of primer.

So the wife's 2014 Dodge Journey got rear ended pretty hard by a lifted F350 with a cow plow on the front, shes ok thank God. However for now shes using my DD 08 Chevy HHR that's got really effing cold A/C, and I have been driving my Silverado to work. The electric engine cooling fan i installed 23 years ago a Flexalite Black Magic model 155 universal fit started dying. Making a racket, and wouldent freewheel anymore. Exemplary lifespan though I might add.

So i ordered a new one from Summit racing on tuesday 2 days shipping from their Dallas warehouse, got it today. In the meantime, since I had to use the truck, I would drive to work and then unplug it so it wouldent run on. I ordered the next upgrade to a flexalite model 160 that's got 3000 cfm and sickle shaped blades. Uses same mounting brackets etc. So I reused the mounting plates that are already bolted into the radiator support. This was a snap. Bolted it up, plugged in the wiring, warmed her up and set the thermostat switch on it to cycle on and off. It's also much quieter than the old one.

Next job since I will be driving her to work daily for probably the next 3 to 4 weeks is to buy about $285 worth of A/C parts to fix the A/C that's been broken for 6 years now. 98°-100° heat straight up sucks. Will be replacing everything but the evaporator in the dash. Was able to get it all coming from the same warehouse at rockauto. Nice new compressor too, not a reman. A mopar buddy of mine who knows how to vac down and recharge the A/C said to bring it over when i get it all together. So onto the next truck project I will be doing asap is having working A/C again lol.

Please write up your progress since I need to do the same thing! Mine may not be that far gone but it sure needs some help!

Will do. I just gotta look at what expenditures I currently have on my credit card before I pull the trigger. I never leave a balance on it. This past month was a biggie though. It seemed like everything wanted to break in my life. The biggest being the kitchen wall mount electric oven. The Magic Chef let the magic smoke out, and the magic was gone. Was a heck of a spark show for my wife till I tripped the breaker. I cant complain, as the oven was as old as the house. 1979. Again exemplary performance. Home depot, and a credit card in hand, and home came a replacement oven lol.

Replacing everything but the evaporator

Condenser
pressure line
suction line
compressor
dryer
low pressure switch
orifice tube
o ring kit

Condenser on her looks pretty beat up after 25 years of bugs and road debris hitting it. Got fins dented flat etc. Replacement one is $65 so why not. Will prob destroy the fittings getting them off the old original one anyways.

Will sure be nice driving with the windows up and listening to my music though. Doing 75 on the freeway with the windows down and not being able to enjoy my tunes kinda sucks.

Well I have been living with the core shifter NV3500 trans combo for quite a bit now since the install a bunch of months back. I always felt from the get go that the Hurst stick was just a tad too short making it more balky than smooth, plus the awkward reach in all the gears. So how much difference does 1&1/2" in length make? Well ask her that. I am sure she will agree it does make a difference LoL, and I concur, that's why I lengthened the throw on the shifter stick.

I stopped at my local nut n bolt place and dropped $2.15 for a 3/8-16 tube nut, and a long set screw, however Lowes and Home Depot will prob have the same or similar hardware. It's a night and day difference. "Es Muy Bueno!!!" I would definitely recommend this mod. I plan on taking the tube nut to work and turning the nut flats down to make it smooth.

Heres pix

Turned the tube nut down on a lathe at work during break. Decided to make it match the shank diameter on the lock nut.