$800 - 89 K1500 Silverado - negleted to useful

[MaqTruck]

The new speedometer gear is in. I will finally be able to count miles.

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[MaqTruck]

I finally got the new speedometer gear in. And now, the trip meter isn't working. It's better than before and I can finally get an idea on gas mileage. I'm not going to go back into it until I get some new panels. My current ones are so old and brittle I get nervous every time I work on it.

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[MaqTruck]

I'm also thinking about taking off the rubber bumpers on front of the bumper. I think the truck will look a lot cleaner that way.

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[Eveready]

Nice work and congrats on bringing another one back from the edge. How does it happen to have the six bolt wheels. Was that an option on 1500's?

 

[MaqTruck]

Nice work and congrats on bringing another one back from the edge. How does it happen to have the six bolt wheels. Was that an option on 1500's?

Thanks man. I don't know about the wheels/hubs. I'm sure it's the original setup though. I guess I have a some research to do. I bet I could find the answer on this forum.

 

[1madmouse]

I was under the impression that 2wd was 5 lug and 4wd was 6 lug. And the truck is coming along nice, good work.

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

Nice work and congrats on bringing another one back from the edge. How does it happen to have the six bolt wheels. Was that an option on 1500's?

Cause it's a K series 4x4. Those are the early style alloy wheels, before the sawblades. Guess you could call them "asterisks".

 

[Eveready]

Cause it's a K series 4x4. Those are the early style alloy wheels, before the sawblades. Guess you could call them "asterisks".

Thanks HWB I knew there had to be a reason and you have surely owned enough of these trucks to know. I am plodding along with my first one and learning every day.

 

[89GMC4by]

My windshield wipers had a mind of their own. I took it apart and found a broken trace. During my research, I learned that the early GMT400s have a different style pulse board than the later years. So, I decided to install the newer style wiper pulse board. At this point the quarantine was getting to me and I had gotten bored enough to make a video of it (linked below). Enter new quarantine hobby...

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My wipers have a mind of their own in my ‘89. Sometimes they work right away, sometimes it’s a few miles down the road, sometimes it’s never. Wonder if this may be the problem.


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[89GMC4by]

I finally got around to fixing the broken odometer. It turned out to be gear connected to the "number tumbler". A less cracked gear from a junkyard cluster worked for a day. I will install the new gear I ordered in the coming weeks. For the interested, I documented what I it in a video.

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Did the same thing.


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