What is this?

[sewlow]

Thanks Devin! I thought that it was from the heater control mechanism.
I've never changed the bulbs in that O/H light.
The previous owner was a mechanical doofus. All he owned for tools was a multi-bit screwdriver, a pair of slip joint pliers & a hammer! So who's to say what he had attempted to repair with those, along with NO mechanical knowledge.
But he was honest about that & admitted it. The reason why anything & everything that the truck ever needed was done at the dealership it was bought from.
I could see him trying to change a bulb though. How hard could that be to do? Lol!

 

[83GMCK2500]

Impressive.....

Wow lol

*takes a bow* Thank you, thank you.

Thanks Devin! I thought that it was from the heater control mechanism.
I've never changed the bulbs in that O/H light.
The previous owner was a mechanical doofus. All he owned for tools was a multi-bit screwdriver, a pair of slip joint pliers & a hammer! So who's to say what he had attempted to repair with those, along with NO mechanical knowledge.
But he was honest about that & admitted it. The reason why anything & everything that the truck ever needed was done at the dealership it was bought from.
I could see him trying to change a bulb though. How hard could that be to do? Lol!

Hahaha, I took a few years off of college and worked in a wrecking yard, the sheer number of things I've disassembled or parts pulled with a Leatherman Wave or Surge is amazing. I think my best is pulling a steering wheel with audio controls from a 99 or so S-10 Blazer. Glad I could solve your mystery.

 

[IOWNJUNK]

Thanks Devin! I thought that it was from the heater control mechanism.
I've never changed the bulbs in that O/H light.
The previous owner was a mechanical doofus. All he owned for tools was a multi-bit screwdriver, a pair of slip joint pliers & a hammer! So who's to say what he had attempted to repair with those, along with NO mechanical knowledge.
But he was honest about that & admitted it. The reason why anything & everything that the truck ever needed was done at the dealership it was bought from.
I could see him trying to change a bulb though. How hard could that be to do? Lol!

I buy all my trucks from that guy!

 

[VorTecxas]

Damnit, Devin beat me to it. I just did a couple dome light mods so I knew exactly what it was haha

 

[SCOTTYINWV]

I'm impressed. And I also thought it was huge until the last pic.

 

[thz71]

I think we all did lol

 

[83GMCK2500]

The first pics were very deceiving, props to sewlow for their perspective...made me think of a dome light the size of my flatbed.

 

[shortchevy]

83gmck2500 someone needs to buy you a beer.

 

[thz71]

83gmck2500 someone needs to buy you a beer.

Agreed lol

 

[98_k1500]

Yea, I had no idea, my dome light contains no such thing, must have been discarded sometime in the truck's past.