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  1. Raider L

    making the broken out piece

    @Goldie Driver, Hmm. That sounds interesting. But if you'll notice the back of the instrument panel has so many braces in it it would be difficult to figure out where to start. It would require some planning. Part of the problem is there aren't any things in the "instrument case" that white...
  2. Raider L

    My truck had a bonfire inside the cab last night

    MAN!! When you said "bondfire" I really was expecting to see something like what @AyWoSch Motors showed us! So I want to know, when did you find it? Like, this morning? And it just did that much? Boy, you are lucky that's all it did. Okay, so you can get yourself a Christmas present, a new...
  3. Raider L

    making the broken out piece

    The rest of the process.I've got the piece held in behind the panel and it looks like it's going to be okay. The steering wheel got in the way and there's a shadow covering up the most important part, the front edge of the panel so you can see the closeness of the curve.So I moved over to the...
  4. Raider L

    making the broken out piece

    Next, heating up the plastic with this torch. I don't put the flame right on the piece, near it. I'm watching the piece heat up and start moving then I know it's soft enough to press down. If the surface starts looking like it wants to boil you know you're to close. I don't let that happen...
  5. Raider L

    making the broken out piece

    The process.Look at the curvature of this can. It's a #10 can I think about 8 or 9 inches in diameter. It doesn't matter what diameter it is what I'm looking at is the curve of the can, and now look at the curve of that part of the instrument panel there at the column. It looks a little to...
  6. Raider L

    making the broken out piece

    The first thing I had to do was to determine what the shape of the curve is. I tried to take some measurements but it was not possible to transfer numbers to something I could work with. I don't design by math and seldom have. So I needed to find a shape of something I could use to actually...
  7. Raider L

    repairing instrument panel

    @shiftpro, No I hadn't even thought of trying that. I just make sure I have a good grip on the handle of the Dremel tool and get it over with as quick as I can. I don't want to make my hand tired. Also, I found that anytime that other accidents can happen is when I take my eyes off the blade...
  8. Raider L

    repairing instrument panel

    pics.Here's the set.They've got the speed printed on them.How would you like seeing this one skipping across you hand? Look at the teeth on this sucker! Just imagine that spinning a 25K, and you know that one false move and you're toast! Buzz, buzz right to the bone!!
  9. Raider L

    repairing instrument panel

    @shiftpro, Oh heck yeah! If there was blood you know good and well showing it would have a education element to it! These kinds of things always lack the element of drama! The one that sent me to hospital that time was the real big blade. And that thing would get out of control much easier...
  10. Raider L

    So Does Everyone HATE This Steering Wheel?

    @Keith Seymore, Wow! It was factory?? Man, I wouldn't have thought GM would have spent the money for a after market part to put in a production truck. Are those available anywhere.
  11. Raider L

    So Does Everyone HATE This Steering Wheel?

    I changed up my steering wheel when I rebuilt the truck because the trucks theme is NASCAR and Aircraft. So I wanted the kind of wheel the NASCAR drivers use, and the way the wheel I have on there now, it's a Grant, sits up close to me like the NASCAR drivers have theirs. I think it's the same...
  12. Raider L

    Seatbelt light remains on

    My wifes Subaru had a really annoying buzzer/chime thing when seat belts were not buckled. She was told there was a fuse or something she could disconnect to turn it off. She did. Every once in awhile all those warning lights in the dash will light up and won't go off until she shuts off the...
  13. Raider L

    lamp sockets factory instrument panel

    @PunH20, Wow! Those are beautiful. I really like that color blue. Now, where does your gear indicator get it's light? I see you have an '87, does the instrument panel in that year have a hole for a bulb near it? Mine doesn't, '74, and I don't know what year GM started putting a place for a...
  14. Raider L

    lamp sockets factory instrument panel

    Here's what it looks like at nighttime. I think I need to set my camera up for nighttime because there was a lot more light shining on the indicator from my new light.Welll this came out to dim. Believe me when I say there was a lot more light.This is a little bit better. And there's not any...
  15. Raider L

    repairing instrument panel

    cutting the piece out.I'm using my Dremel tool's saw blade. I had to be very careful because this thing is doing 25,000 rpm and will get you, if you don't keep it under control, before you can blink. This pic is just a set up photo and the saw isn't moving at all. It's just stuck in the cut...
  16. Raider L

    repairing instrument panel

    Pics.Here's the pic of the piece that's broken out.Here's the other side and what i am trying to point to is the "hook" that latches to the lower trim piece.This is a piece of scrap plastic off of a roll-a-round. The texture on it kinda looks similar, except the panel has like a enlarged...
  17. Raider L

    repairing instrument panel

    Some years ago people tried to steal my truck by bashing the steering column apart (see steering column rebuild Raider L). There were pieces of metal all over the floor. In those pieces was a piece of the instrument panel, on the left side, near where the column passes through it. I was so...
  18. Raider L

    Holley 600 WTF moment---curious to know whats wrong

    Well that's good. Yep, to much pressure will over ride the needle and seat, float, all of it. But a 600 cfm Holley should work with pressures from 5 to 8 lbs. My fuel pump is rated for that. I'm running a Holley competition pump, 80 gal. per hr. that has always put out that poundage without...
  19. Raider L

    New to this forum

    @BB427, welcome from Louisiana! Very nice truck!! And, yeah, me to, pics of the 427 (panting and tongue hanging out) Yeah, we're rabid around here for Big Blocks!! Is it in this truck or the Blazer?
  20. Raider L

    lamp sockets factory instrument panel

    Before the light is all behind the panel I have to fix this. It's where a piece of the instrument panel was broke off when my truck was broke into. I didn't know this piece was in the pieces from the alum. column parts that the criminals broke off when they were using a hammer to beat the...
  21. Raider L

    lamp sockets factory instrument panel

    New light placement.Well, this is kinda ****-eyed look at the new light but basically in the same place as the other one. But, I suspected that I'd have to mash it some. We'll see. This photo was taken looking up from the floor. You can see that the tube is looking at the gear indicator...
  22. Raider L

    77 c10 lower control arm problem

    @Rich77, That's a reamer? How does it work? What do you turn it with? It reams out the lower hole in the spindle for the ball joint bolt, pin? Now, I know you can get longer ball joint bolt, pins, for the 1/2 ton arm but not larger in diameter. That's when you'd be going to a heavier A...
  23. Raider L

    lock plate retaining ring

    @AyWoSch Motors, Hey, you know nowadays there's these things that have a gasoline engine on top of this platform thing and attached to the engines drive shaft is a blade that's shapened on both ends. When you start the engine the blade spins real fast and it's real good for cutting grass. I...
  24. Raider L

    lock plate retaining ring

    @75gmck25, THAT'S RIGHT!! I found the same thing out when I took a old HDD apart, the old 3"x5" size, just to see what was inside. Man, those little suckers are super strong. Don't lay them down on a flat piece of metal. I hope you've got strong fingers 'cause you're going to need them to...
  25. Raider L

    Seatbelt light remains on

    @Titans61, Have you found anything? Looking for an update as to what you found out was the problem.

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