I have seen on this site that someone moved the A/C controls down, in order to put guages where the controls were. Any idea who makes the kit and what is involoved???


Thanks Aaron

 

Look at the thread titled- moving the 4h/4l switch

 

MEDICSHAWN did that to his truck. I don't know if there was a kit involved or not.

https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...cat/500/page/1

 

No kit just a file a Dremel and some epoxie. see t6his writeup I did.

https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...;threadid=54029

 

Link doesn't work.

 

I'm not sure what's up with the link here's the write up.

Electronic transfer case heated seats relocation for cubby hole gauges


I wanted to mount 3 gauges in my 3rd gen but didn't want to loose my grab handle. I didn't like the dash mount or steering pod option either. So I decided on the Autometer 3 gauge cubby hole mount. The only problem there is I have a Laramie so I have the electronic transfer case switch and the heated seat switches.

So I decided to relocate the electronic transfer case controller and the switches for the heated seats. I decided if I was going to move things around anyway I would move the HVAC controls down and mount the gauges in the middle below the radio.

The first order of business was enlarging the lower opening to fit the HVAC controls. The HVAC controls are slightly larger than the cubby hole opening on the bottom. I had to enlarge the opening by 1/8-1/16 mostly on the bottom.

Next I installed the gauges into the Autometer gauge pod. I have Dipricol gauges so I had to work on the braces that hold the gauge pod to the center console of the truck. Autometer gauges mount on top and bottom and the Dipricol gauges mount on the sides. So I used some L shaped corner braces I bought at the hardware store and cut/bent/drilled them to fit. This part was pretty time consuming because the tolerances are close since the gauge pod was designed to fit the smaller lower hole.

I next embarked upon cutting the dash to fit the Electronic transfer case and seat controls. I cut the Laramie panel where the drivers heated seat switch had been. I then cut the dash where the cigarette lighter had been and epoxied the electronic transfer case in place. To get this to fit I had to also cut out a portion of the dash for clearance behind the control.

I then cut out for the heated seat controls to the left and right of the newly relocated HVAC controls. I expoxied them in place also.

I didn’t have to cut or splice any wires but the electronic transfer case was pretty snug. Make sure you mark the proper wires for the heated seats as well as the switches because the switches are designed to go with the corresponding wires.

Pics are in my gallery

 

Thank you very much. I will be doing this as soon as my pod gets here.

Aaron

 

That is a SWEET custom install Shawn. Thanks for all the detailed info.