Project 78 High Sierra

[JRANGER]

OK so I have the dome working except for the fact that its only if the key is in the car....If i wire it direct to the battery it will work like it is suppose to but thats a lot of work for something i prob dont need.... Either way the ACC fuse spot is still jacked and I dont know why.....I assume the power wire to it is ground out...Anyone know what wire in the engine bay goes to it??? Or how i can trace it? I sure dont want to remove that fuse thing and look at the back of it

Also the new door jamb switch are ghetto!!! The screw doesnt go the whole distance so after putting them on they were loose! I had to remove them and add a washer and of course in doing so i lost the wire in the hole and had to play fish a wire.... Needless to say after putting them back together i added electrical tape to keep it all together..

[JRANGER]

I used spray cans of it but I wire wheeled it down and then took some sand paper over it... Used soap and water on it and then used alcohol all over it... Its pretty smooth but i really like it....

[JRANGER]

Hmmm....That makes me wonder about the grey wire since all my cluster and dash lights work....

The radio is powered by a Red fused wire going to the fuse block and smashed in with a fuse, I ran a direct wire from the battery for the memory wire, and its gorunded out to the frame from a wire i ran after finding a crap ground on it.

So my assumption is the guy didnt feel like finding out why the ACC fuse wouldnt stop blowing and just wired it in like it is.... I figure there is a power wire grounding out somewhere going into the ACC just have no clue where

[JRANGER]

Patch the fender..nothing perfect..Just needs some bondo and smoothing

[Chevylongbed]

ohh nice work man i liked it

[Rusbuilt]

So you're gonna flat black it??

[JRANGER]

I'm actually going Semi Gloss Black...So it will be a bit more shiny then a satin finish but not a much as a gloss
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[JRANGER]

Ok I couldn't resist....With over half a can of Aerosol Rust-Oleum Professional Semi-Glosss Enamel left after my Grille test. So....I covered my hood with a sheet and hit the fender with 2 coats...

Cant wait to see it dry

[Rusbuilt]

Sweet dude. I like it!

[JRANGER]

2 Pics of the first 2 coats dry
and
2 pics of after 600 sand and 2 more coats

[JRANGER]

So I love the color but I realize with the gloss that I failed to see a lot of dents and dings...Damn...O well...Its a truck lol

[JRANGER]

sanded with 600 grit again and hit with 3 more coats...Its orange peeling bad though damnit

[JRANGER]

Went to pull a part today and bought a glove box that had a piano hinge riveted it
A gauge Cluster (Worthless)
A Couple Extra Gauges
A tail light (Wrong side damnit)
A side marker light (opps thought i needed it)
A pristine dash bezel (Just because)
A cut up engine wiring harness plate

Then I tested out the gauge bezel and the speedo was shot.... didnt work at all
Then I tested the speedo that i got separate...Just put it in with no bezel direct to the cable and wahhhhlaaaa!!! The speedo doesn't float or do anything weird anymore...

Realized my gas Gauge is off as it is reading funny and when i put the other gauges in it said it was empty...Added gas and it went up...Guess I really messed up when I removed needles..

Took apart the gauge bezel and painted the inside white
Painted the black metal piece white on the back and hit the front with flat black primer
Ordered new white faces offline
Installed new strikers
and Got my Bench Console made by a member on here.

[JRANGER]

Didnt get much done today but hit the glove box plastic with some fresh paint

[Rusbuilt]

progress!

[JRANGER]

slowly but surely but after getting my right tire fixed yesterday my left front is flat ERG!

[JRANGER]

Pic with the masking off

[JRANGER]

Well after painting the cluster and putting new gauges in it I had to put new white faces on so...Here is the cluster all over again

[pugraham]

Your dash rebuild is awesome

[1978chevybigten]

Originally Posted by JRANGER

Well after painting the cluster and putting new gauges in it I had to put new white faces on so...Here is the cluster all over again

hey man where did you get those gauges?

[JRANGER]

Originally Posted by 1978chevybigten

hey man where did you get those gauges?

Stock Gauges with Whitegauges.net overlays...I just cut the bottoms off the big gauges...

[JRANGER]

Thanks

[JRANGER]

Got bored and had to work remotely so i painted another Solid Dash Bezel....Not perfect but it didnt turn out bad

Probably will just sell it

[pugraham]

how much would you be looking for it?

[JRANGER]

Well its not perfect by any means and normally ive seen people selling good quality (Plastic wise) for about $65....So me being me...I would sell it probably for $50 plus shipping

Yet again i want to say the paint isnt perfect...there are a few dark spots of the black and what not... Its an AC unit with the top AC piece not attached...I might have one though.... and it has no clear coat on it Also the right corner has a small chip in it