drained what was left in front diff today, it wasn't bone dry like i thought, it had about a quart left, took just over 2 to get it refilled after i drained out what was in there. redid the gasket. picked up a new u joint for the drivers side and a new wheel bearing, cups, seal for the same side. gotta fab a mount on the transfer case they left out on the lift, hoping to get more pics tomorrow and change the back fluid by wednesday, also found the front is eating wheel weights, i think it needs spacers, other then that things are starting to come together, got to go talk to the body shop that is suppose to hook me up with some gm floor panels, picked up free floor braces at work yesterday, thats always a plus

 

nothing really new, cant work on the truck while im sitting in kentucky.
hoping sunday to go pull some gauges, and dash, not the same color but im gonna probably end up painting it. a few other misc. pieces here and there, a new dial indicator and i'll have to see what other goodys i can find.

 

ummm.............what do you need that for?

 

its gone, i dont know why, but it isn't there, the one that shows p,r,n,d,

 

well today was parts day. here is what i picked up, complete set of stock tires steel with beauty ring,thats right 5 tires stock, 2 of the 5 were 90% tread, the other 3 were 50%, paid $80 for that, 4 new gauges and cover $20, new tow hooks and shift indicator $10, new **** free, new accelerator pedal $5, i'll post pics of all what i got later tonight, i got to go swap some speakers from an alero to a taurus

 

Good job dude.... WIsh I could score stuff like that.... Hopefully its all back together soon...

 

good deals of the day







can you believe the guy threw this in for free with the gauges



whole box of goodies


shifter indicator and ****






as far as the far 4 left gauges go, the oil pressure, engine temp, volts, what do i actually do on the back of the gauge, there is 3 different bolts. i assume these are mechanical gauges, anyone point me in the right direction or have a diagram?

 

Why didn't you grab the whole cluster? The factory gauges mount into the cluster. It is fairly simple, but there are several different dash setups and associated schematics. This comes back to knowing what you have...

 

like Kyle said, you need to start knowing what you have, and the proper terminology for parts.

'cause a dial indicator is used in a machine shop (tool & die, injection mold, engine machine shop, etc), and that's why i asked you why you needed a new one, it sounded like you were thinking about rebuilding your engine.

still a great score, but Kyle is right, you should've just grabbed the whole thing. it's always easier to sell of what you don't need later (like that's ever gonna happen!), than it is to go back and hopefully be able to get it the second time around.

 

well tomorrow i'll hopefully pull the old dash apart, the cover i got was for a diesel, which mine use to be, i took some measurements before i went to go get the stuff just to make sure it would fit.
and yeah my bad on the terminology, i tried writing what i was gonna do quickly and in a time crunch, these are the pics i have of why i need the new dash plate



and a picture of the aftermarket steering wheel



also im still confused on that oil pressure gauge, the one that is currently in there is a mechanical gauge, and it isn't stock, the stock one does not have any place to hook up the hose for the mechanical setup, so are those an electric gauge? sorry for the stupid question.....