i would tae it off your self it saves some time to get the black off the tailgate and stuff would save you labor of them doing it

 

1. Remove useless cupholder from dash.
2. Break off (if they are not already broken off) the part that holds the bottom of the cup. this will make room for the wires to pass through later.
3. While holding the entire assembly in a vice, use a hack saw to cut the face off the existing cup holder.
4. Use the piece you just cut off as a template to make a new face. Choose what ever you like, that is going to be stable enough to hold your new switches. (I used 1/8" aluminum plate, and used 180 grit emery cloth to finish it.)
5. Drill holes in the new plate for your switches. Not every switch is going to be the same, so measure the shaft that will go through the hole. I used a 1/2" bit for all my switches.
6. Line up the plate with the remainder of the cup holder, so you can remove plastic from the cup holder to allow room for the end of the switch/wires to come through.
7. Once you are sure you have this right, epoxy the face to the remaining cup holder. I used LePage's 5 minute epoxy and a woodworking type clamp to hold it in place.
8. Wire it up as needed, replace in dash with two screws you removed earlier.
9. Crack open a brown bottle or heaven and admire your work (as long as you are on private property!!! Cops and beer and trucks and you is not good math)

 

Thank You.

Seems easy enough.

 

Yea true I should finish removing everything myself. Didn't think about the fact they'd most likely add that into the labor charge ect...

My second thought though on it is that I'm not sure if i can get all the junk that's built up behind the badges and what not but I guess there's only one way to find out.

 

the badges are easy grab a can of adhesive remver when you get it all off

the tailgate takes time but looks good when done

 

I guess I should have been more specific but I was talking about the dirt, pollen, and even algae looking junk that's built up behind them that I can even remove with a pressure washer. I guess there's really only one way to find out and even if I can't remove that stuff, I'm thinking of putting enough money away this month and next so that I should be able to get it in for paint at the end of June. If not then it'll wait until sometime July.

 

just drove it a little bit for the first time in a week.

Tranny shifted through all the gears perfect, and i havent done the next flush or tps change yet...first up first crank, Oil PSI was around 55, so thats a good sign, she drove awesome which is a load off my back.

Just wanted to get the fluids moving around a alittle bit...i hate having vehicles sit.

heres what i still need to do:

Harmonic Balancer, Front Seal, Alignment, Another tranny flush, TPS changed, and i need to get my fuel guage working again.....


I miss my truck, i wish i could take her out for a nice ride tonight, but im not risking having something else get damaged

 

Got my drivers side leaf pulled out and replaced... That was no fun. One siezed bold on the bottom of the shackle. Tried a small MAP gas/oxy torch (which worked way better than 70 bux would let on) then got out the grinder and a cutting disk. Ground off the back side of the bold, and cut the front side between the shackle and the mount. that got me enough room. New one bolted up like a snap!

Started prepping the "new" diff to go in. Gonna need to replace the hard brake lines, gonna inspect the seals to insure no future problems and hopefully install it tomorrow!!! All I forgot was new wheel cylinders.... Grrrr... Gonna grab some 1 ton chevy units on Tuesday, because I remember reading on here somewhere that they are a direct fit. Tomorrow is a holiday here! Yay for Queen Victoria and her birthday!!!

 

Recieved a gift today. New bedrail caps from LMC truck! Too bad I just bed coated the whole thing. FOR SALE i guess.

Longbed-ABS plastic-ribbed w/ stake holes.

 

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