Dash removal and replacement

[PeteyG708]

Looks like a lot of work, but it is doable!

Great work with this! I am sure it will help many people.

 

[comms4jwi]

Where Sid u source your new dash? I went to dealer and I got nothing. Last time I checked neither lmc nor rockauto offered new dashes. Lmc offers caps. I was about to do a cap but would rather do an actual new dash.

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[east302]

I bought it off eBay, they show up from time to time. It was around $500 shipped.


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[Cokeman95]

Nice writeup. This should be stickied.

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[98chevy2500SS]

I would just buy a used dash at the salvage yard. I bought my dash, complete, from the salvage yard for $40. All it needed was cleaning and my dad and I pulled it ourselves. Took us about an hour to do it.

 

[kennythewelder]

I would just buy a used dash at the salvage yard. I bought my dash, complete, from the salvage yard for $40. All it needed was cleaning and my dad and I pulled it ourselves. Took us about an hour to do it.

Because it gets so hot down here in south Louisiana, and it is like that for most of the year, I will never find a good dash in any salvage yard. They are all cracked. I have been wanting to build one out of aluminum, but that is a lot of work, and I want it to look kind of OE, so I am still in the thought stage of this. I have also seen some custom work installing a dash from a 63 truck and blending it into a 400. I looked at a dash from a 42 Chevy truck, and could see this as a base, or good starting point. I am not sure what I will do yet, but my dash isn't getting any better. It's not to bad yet but the day is coming, that I will have to do something.

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[east302]

Yeah, I was never able to find one locally (Mississippi) that wasn't cracked at the defrost vents or at the top where the cluster trim bezel snaps onto it.

I think my donor dash was from Minnesota.


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[kennythewelder]

Yeah, I was never able to find one locally (Mississippi) that wasn't cracked at the defrost vents or at the top where the cluster trim bezel snaps onto it.

I think my donor dash was from Minnesota.


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I have thought about asking someone from a northern state to pull one, and I would pay for it, plus there time, but I know it will just crack again in time. There are things I would like to do to my truck, but I already have a lot of time and money in it. I would hate to get a lot more time and money in it, then wreck it. I think about buying a new one, but I know my truck is just as fast, and has almost all the same options. About the only thing I am missing is a back up camera.

 

[98chevy2500SS]

Ah, makes sense, I had no idea you guys lived in the southern portion of the US. Yeah I can see that, probably worth it to buy a newer looking dash.

 

[east302]

The prices of new trucks would damn near give me a heart attack. I kind of like my "old" truck...just wish the a/c worked as well as the newer ones. It's a bit warm these days.

Someone earlier asked, I think this is the guy I got the dash from. He doesn't show any listings for 95+, but has several 88-94s.

http://m.ebay.com/itm/1988-94-Chevy...%3A3488571115d0ab450c2576b2ffeb5f4e%7Ciid%3A1

I do see a few eBay listings for 97/98 dash assemblies, but they're priced at $750.


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