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Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
Looks great, Dennis. You might try to get your hands on a right angle drill to drill the pinch weld. You might be able to pick one up at Harbor Freight or something similar pretty cheap.
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Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
Looking awesome man! Can't wait to see it all together!
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Looking good man!
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Oh yeah that's AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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^^^thats awesome!!!! thanks for the video and help bro!!!
and thanks to you too Bob for your over the phone trouble shooting! right on the money as usual
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Thats awesome. Love the look on your face. Looks like Dennis sold off all his shoes to fund the truck! Awesome when it cranks with the key isnt it!
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SAWEET!!! that's awesome man...I'll tell you whats not awesome though...seeing those crusty feet again...Lmao...
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Anytime dude! i was there for moral support i didnt do much! Bob you are a freaking genius!
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09-17-2010, 11:43 PM | #12 |
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thanks guys!! i'm taking donations for shoes and socks here's some more progress today good day today.... i got the painass harness mounted up under the firewall(i ended up getting some factory plastic clips that just push on. i drilled the holes from the inside. turned out very clean! also got to fire her up with the keys as y'all seen in the video i also got my stuff from summit in 1 day! so i started on the gauges too. see what you think...
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Those gauges look spot on.
Maybe I can sell some shoes and socks to fund my crewcab 6.0 roundeye dream lol. I have a wierd amount of shoes. Like rich womans shoe collection wierd. Lol Posted via Mobile Device |
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Those look great buddy! Keep up the amazing work.
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Not so sure I would post info like that around these types.... You never know when one of them will quote you & then you can't delete the evidence after you think it over & realize your mistake of sharing a little more than necessary
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well guys, i have got some bad news. been working on these gauges everyday after work and its not working out. the trim ring on the gauges is pushing the bezel out so it doesn't sit flush with the dash. i'm getting rather irritated with it at the moment. i'm going to try and make a bezel piece out of sheet metal to hold them. i have a feeling i'm going to end up taking them apart and gluing them to the bezel and have jeff make some little brackets to help hold them. idk....
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Sorry it didn't work out. Send me some dimensions (and pics of the backside of the gauges) and I'll get some brackets for you. I have actually been waiting on you before I put in my next order, so I can get everything at once.
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its hard to get a good shot of them but they look perfect in there! i'll keep working on them and hopefully things keep going like they have been. for anyone interested im using a plastic black bezel piece found in the '81 up trucks to mount the gauges. the 80's down are metal. i have found the plastic ones are more forgiving so you can get them perfect pretty easily.
still need to loom up the tail light section and run the headlight harness as soon as i get my fenders back from paint. the painless kit has actually been kinda fun. just no sense of accomplishment or anything to show off because its all hidden.
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Btw don't you think the speedo should go on the left and the tach on the right?
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yes! that was just a test fit... i figured it would be better to pry and handle the $180 tach rather than the $300 speedo
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So with the gauges mounted in the black housing, will the bezel sit tight to the lens on the gauge...and untimately bolt back in the dash and sit correctly without any kind of modifications?
BTW, boxed up the speaker brackets and fuse box...just waiting on you.
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yes... so far. i only had to file down those plastic brace type things around the holes on the big ones. and again, so far!! i'll know for sure probably by tomorrow night after work. just takes a little bit of time enlarging the holes.
and it seems like the trim ring on the small ones don't sit flat against the face of the gauge. its right on the lip of it. the larger 5" ones the ring fits right along the round part so the face is flush.
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