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Yes it was just a fun-project. Got the bus for cheap but it took a lot of money to rebuild. And selling without finishing was a negative deal for us... however it is long ago. Our shop now is complete full with new projects, sometimes it is necessary to say no to a great deal Alone on the both...

well it is plastic and you have to install carefully otherwise it will be broken immediatly I have expierence - breakes one last week... 😇 But they fit like made for it like expected - better spent some Euro more as have trouble to fit with aftermarket products. Remember the switches and the...

arrived - 14,93 Euro a lot of money for such small plastic pieces

Well i guess international symbols should be self explaining, but i agree it is difficult to google them... i searched for "Hella Schaltersymbole" on their website Hella

The switches are prepared to connect on the harness and relays just ordered some missing symbols for the switches or exchanging wrong symbols it is possible to design you own symbols by using stickers but we prefer to take ready to use Lightbar Working lights A symbol for Tempomat...

I am really glad that Hella have still the more than 40 years old Switches in Production... As we need for the Dakota instruments a pushbutton to change die displays. We dont want use the original one and find another place for it. So one of the Switches in the Center Box will be now exchange...

Thanks. We have used now all available space, but there is also nothing more to add. The former plan to install a whinch is canceled as the truck will not be anymore a worktruck or daily driver. The whinch will be go with the Sierra Rebuild.

Going on with the dashboard: We will place radioloudspeaker in the dashboard like civilian Trucks instead using them in the door again. We have a lot of good equipment of our former cars. Never sold one all left after more than 20years and 300000/500000 km to scrapyard and metalrecycling. So we...

12 hours and 2 prototype later is our radio and switch unit ready to connect Radio-Micro is only allow to use in parking position. We will use a bluetooth speaker and micro as freehand unit A door was not possible about the space we need. So it is just a cover with screws. The bracket...

The shifter unit is installed The stainless steel Cover will be paint black... By installing we face the next challenge The speedometer adapter from Dacota digital wil be not work with the shifter cables in the same space So we need to purchase something we call here Tacho Winkelantrieb -...

Last week we got the dustcover and the dipstick for the transmission. Like expected was it not just fitting it need a lot of customizing. We start wit the dipstick. It need a lot of adjusting bending before it end up in front of the firewall in the engine compartment. Unfortunately the electric...

I love it when a plan comes together First check the wiring with the old instrument cluster, if everything works well before being laid neat and tidy and installing Dacota digital now we can go ahead and connect the Dacota digital instrument And as it is not allow in Germany that...

Maybe some have no good expierence by Rockauto but we must say they have a great international customer service. In one sending we missed a part and they sent it additional without costs for us in a few days. Now we got a wrong part It was labeled correct but obviously the wrong radiator hose...

He got his face back the new turnlights was worth the money left the old one, right the new one the chevy sign was build 25 years ago ourself from brass-sheet It was former polished, but now we sandblasted and descide to paint it black as in natural appearance will it not fit to the Truck

The most is added on the truck now Still waiting for the Duramax-Fan and the parking/turnlights... it is in backorder so we need to adapt our approach We had some discussion of the foglightsposition I had removed the old bracket as we said we will take them under the tube of the brushguard but...

Thank you for the Encouragement and Appreciation of all who follow this thread. My last post will be a summary of costs and labor hours at the end with the Value appraisal. Already I'm getting a new truck just for the cost but it's not the same! If you want to preserve classic cars and history...

Another assembly which need patience, how to got the rods in the tailgate locking mechanism seems to be a mysterium or a lot of fumbling and cursing. Finally we was sucessful Still need the final alignment from the doors

After a lot of discussion how to fix additional switches and the CB Radio and going with the AmmoBox was the next challenge to fix it on the floor in a way you can view and reach the panel. We go with a Polypropylen foot which we milled like the Spacer from the shiftunit Edges cutted...

Finished the torque support to the frame it is out again for sandblasting and painting Start with the spacer for shifting First milling the polypropylene block in the right measurements Next weekend we will milling the hole in the center position

We used the Jeep steering shaft swap Rockauto sells them new We choose a new one to havn't trouble to install them, and so it was done in just 2 min.