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1994 K3500 extended cab dually

Interesting tip on the Pledge, thanks. For this stuff, I've been using Simple Green at a 50% dilution. Broad swipes with paper towel to take away most of the soil and then once most of it is off I spray it again and then go after it with a plastic bristle brush to get in the grain and nooks & crannies. Then hose it off with water. It's been working well. It's kind of time consuming, but I'm happy with the results.
 
Saturday I got the carpet cleaned. This is how it looked to start. It had some stains, but really it was in good shape for carpet with 240,000 miles and a big hole in the driver floor board so it was worth trying to save.

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First step was a vacuuming with the shop vac. Then I scrubbed it all over with a brush and Folex carpet cleaner. I ended up using three 32oz bottles which was a lot of pumping the spray bottles, next time I’ll buy a gallon bottle and use a sprayer. Once I had that done I then draped it over the tailgate of another truck and rinsed it with the garden hose. It turned out ok.

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I let it hang in the barn overnight to dry.

Then today I started by installing DEI Boom Mat. I thought it would be nice to have a little extra noise and sound barrier.

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Then I continued the process of cleaning and installing pieces parts.

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I was hoping to have all the back and front side seatbelts installed, but they were really dirty so I spent a bunch of time scrubbing the webbing and now they’re hanging to dry.
 
The last couple days has been some little things that have taken up a lot of evening time. I got the seat belts cleaned and installed.

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I got the pedals cleaned, greased and installed along with a new parking brake cable.

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I got new door weatherstrip from Steele Rubber installed. I really like these. I installed a pair from LMC on the F350 and these from Steele feel much nicer......of course these cost a lot more than LMC, but I never liked how the doors closed on the Ford as long as I was driving it. Hopefully I’m happier with these.

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I cleaned the inside of the dash and then installed the wiring harness. Next was cleaning the ducts and putting those in place. Still a lot of loose ends with the wiring I will take care of once the dash is installed. I can’t wait to get the wiring done as that’s one of the last big projects to take care of on this thing. Also the reworked heater core from The Brassworks is supposed to be here tomorrow so I have the HVAC prepped for reassembly. I should be in good shape to make progress once the HVAC and dash are reinstalled.

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Twisted Steel Performance said:
I have the Steele rubber's on my dually, I love them, they are worth the extra....
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Did you do just the door weatherstrip or did you did the sweeps and channel too? That window set is a bunch more money and I think I really only need the sweeps. I’m going to contact them to see how much for just the sweeps.
 
The reworked heater core from The Brassworks showed up today so tonight I could finally get the HVAC box reassembled.

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Then installed.

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And then the dash got put into place. I’ll be playing in here for the foreseeable future, getting new circuits run and wires rerouted the way I want.

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JayTheCPA said:
Am curisous as to what 'little' rehab project is around the corner after this truck is done. The Titanic...???
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Well after this one I need to get back to the 96 K2500. Then there's the Tahoe that's also waiting to be finished. And of course, before Husker says it, there's the skid steer. So I have enough projects that are in-process to keep me busy for a while, not to mention the ones that are waiting in the wings (and the ones I'll probably add on in the meantime). I'm dumb.
 
Is there any specific tools you have to have to remove the dash. I got the feeling that I’m going to have to get into mine soon
 
Jaryd said:
Is there any specific tools you have to have to remove the dash. I got the feeling that I’m going to have to get into mine soon
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The tools that help are patience and a chill attitude :)

As I remember, it was easier to do the 96 than it was to do the 94, so if you're talking about your 95, it shouldn't be too bad. Removing the front seat(s), makes it a lot easier in my opinion because you have more room to work. I believe you can just lower the column to remove it, but taking the column all the way out makes it even easier.

Depending on what you need to do, you can just rotate the dash down and then you don't have to unplug as many connections. When I replaced the HVAC doors in the Tahoe, that's what I did and I had enough room to get the box in and out.
 
Not dumb, just motivated. Give it another 15 years and another 40lbs of belly to stuff under the belt line- that seems to have helped my “over-motivation” problem I had! Haha.

And yes, patience is HUGE for any interior work. I have none and break plastic stuff with a quickness.
 
Wiring is going slow because I’ve been doing planning for how I want to actually execute it.....and oh yeah, picking up leaves. But tonight I have something to show. I decided that instead of just passing a bunch of looms through the firewall I’d try something new, so I got a Weather-Pack bulkhead connector that will handle 22 wires. I also picked up a good set of crimpers so I can do the job right since I plan to do more connectors this way instead of hacking and splicing. So far just the cruise module is done, still lots of crimps to go....

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I’ll still have some looms pass through the firewall, like the one from the trans controller to the trans, but at least the ones specific to the truck can go through this bulkhead.
 
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