blackdiesel
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Everybody loves pictures, so lets keep the words to a minimum right?
Picked up a clean '96 sport 2wd about a month or two ago. Have plans for a high economy parts runner for my business with a high compression 12 valve. But between waiting on the machine shop to finish the block and pistons, plus trying to source an inexpensive 6.7 crank for it, I've decided to throw a motor and trans in it to get it on the road until the other engine is finished.
Previous owner spray bombed some krylon "factory match" garbage all over it. He was very proud of his work but it drove me crazy.
I wasn't going to get this carried away with the truck, but paint is cheap.
Primed in my shop, headed to the booth
Opted against the sport edition. They are not my favorite.
Since we've came this far, might as well replace the cracked dash.
The sport had factory fog lights, which I really wanted to keep. However I have pulled the entire dash, chassis, and engine harness out of a '96 diesel that I have installed into this truck to truly make it all plug and play as I don't have the time to dink around with re-pinning a couple dozen wires. That being said I did have to remove the fog light switch harness from the gas dash harness and overlay it into the diesel.
I went ahead and removed the seats to access the carpet so I could steam clean it.
Also put dynamat under the carpet to quiet the noise.
I just rolled the dash and carpet back into the truck last night.
Picked up a clean '96 sport 2wd about a month or two ago. Have plans for a high economy parts runner for my business with a high compression 12 valve. But between waiting on the machine shop to finish the block and pistons, plus trying to source an inexpensive 6.7 crank for it, I've decided to throw a motor and trans in it to get it on the road until the other engine is finished.
Previous owner spray bombed some krylon "factory match" garbage all over it. He was very proud of his work but it drove me crazy.
I wasn't going to get this carried away with the truck, but paint is cheap.
Primed in my shop, headed to the booth
Opted against the sport edition. They are not my favorite.
Since we've came this far, might as well replace the cracked dash.
The sport had factory fog lights, which I really wanted to keep. However I have pulled the entire dash, chassis, and engine harness out of a '96 diesel that I have installed into this truck to truly make it all plug and play as I don't have the time to dink around with re-pinning a couple dozen wires. That being said I did have to remove the fog light switch harness from the gas dash harness and overlay it into the diesel.
I went ahead and removed the seats to access the carpet so I could steam clean it.
Also put dynamat under the carpet to quiet the noise.
I just rolled the dash and carpet back into the truck last night.