The new dash looks good.
I like the bottle of brown water, hand gun, mirror "state trooper" shades and the Burton hat to top the dash work off.

 

Then what did you use as the donor for Amber lenses? Has to be the 90 and earlier grille assemblies?

 

so glad the touch screen doesn't look so out of place anymore. it stuck out like a sore thumb with the wood grain.

 

it was a hot day. the water was keeping the work flowing. the gun lives there and the hat and glasses were in my faces way so they got chucked onto the dash lol


its original lamps. just wrapped the lenses amber

 

Brown water ain't safe or healthy less its good ole Kentucky corn derived...

Is that a special type fabric you use to wrap with?

 

Actually, that isn't much worse than a stock 2nd gen is without gauges....... One of the things I have always disliked about the second gen.

Looking good man!

 

pendleton whiskeys been my fav for years... but im prob bias since i spend a lot of time in pendleton, or Haha.

nothing special about this fabric. and actually it sucks to wrap with. it's really thick and has no stretch. makes things really hard!!

thanks! its honestly not bad at all. it was just a huge change at first

 

How do you attach the fabric?

 

depending on what im wrapping a variety of different glues. the upper door panels are one kind, the lower panels another, the dash another yet, the head liner another yet. Just depends on the application. varies from anything to hot glue, to loctite spray ahesive.

 

Couple random pictures. Hopefully getting to drive the truck tonight... well see how today goes!

 

Well my wiring is so freaking screwed from head to toe. this is going to be a NIGHTMARE. my headlights/park lights only work when they want too for no rhyme or reason. my turn singals dont work at all, except sometimes all 4 flash! stereo doesnt work, horn doesnt work, windshield wipers dont work, passenger side window/door lock switches dont work, but they operate from the drivers side. truck doesnt always shut down when you turn the key off... i could seriously go on... its a nightmare. i guess next project is completely rewiring the truck from head to toe. I'll probably end up buying a painless wiring kit for a hotrod and adapting it into the diesel and be done with ever thing those crappy dodge engineers did in there.

but on the bright side, my gauges look pretty lit up. haha.




also wondering if i ground the fuel pin enough, or if i should go a little more? any insight from the pro's out there?

 

I am guessing the gauges or not hooked up, - If they are, your new trans looks like it is pretty hot!

 

EGT and boost are the only two hooked up. theres no signal going to the rest which is why they are maxed out right now.

 

If it does things that can't happen, you have ground problems.


You need the grind the pin farther up.

 

i know ive got bad grounds but I've got bigger issues than just that. besides the mud that replaces some fuses you have hack job wiring from the previous owner. dead end wires going no where and some wires missing completely. its a terrible mess and its really starting to get worse the more i try to clean it up