n8in8or
I never met a project I didn’t like
Well today ended up turning out a bit different from what I expected.....
I had the day off of work, so I decided I would spend the first part of the day cutting some power mirror harnesses from a 95-98 truck and the door switch harness from a 2000-2002 truck so I could piece together a power mirror setup for this truck. I found that stuff pretty quickly with some trucks already having their inner door panels removed so that was cool.
Then I remembered that one of the tabs on my fuse panel cover was broken so I might as well look for one of those while I’m out here. I started searching, and every 88-94 I came across was missing the cover! So I figured either these break on everybody over the years and they just end up missing or people snag them whenever they find a good one. Ok...so I kept searching. About halfway through the GM section I found a good one in a Suburban...and it just happened to be gray. Cool. Well if they’re this hard to find, I may as well keep looking so I can have a spare. I looked in every 88-94 and they were all gone. Wow.
Finally with about 3 rows left I found a second one in a Sub, and again it was gray. Score! Then I looked at the doors and this truck had the rare power mirror option....and everything was still intact and in pretty decent condition! I’ve seen the power mirror stuff at the yard before, but usually the vultures have gotten to it first and torn it apart just to grab the power mirror switch and they also usually cut the harness, which then makes it useless to me for doing a retro. Now here’s one that’s intact! Sure since it’s a Sub it has extra switches and wiring, but this is a great start. So I carefully removed the panels and the door harnesses. I also wanted to get as much of the harness in the dash as I could so it would be plug-n-play as much as possible. I started tracing the harness and it was part of the main harness that goes across the top of the firewall behind the dash. Boo. Hmmmm....then I looked at the dash - it was a nice, crack-free, gray dash.....if I removed the dash to get the harness out, I’d have a good harness AND a good dash, so that’s what I did. I went back home to get more tools and then came back to finish the job. I also scoped out other power mirror 88-94s there and grabbed anything the vultures had left so I’d have spares. I actually found 3 more mirror switches! Also a spare driver switch on a Sub and 4 passenger switches. I also found a 2 door Blazer that had the wrong switch and bezel in it, but the wiring was there plus someone had already removed the dash, so I was able to easily grab the dash harness as well.
Now with all these parts, hopefully I have enough good parts to make a set that functions properly and still have some spares. For now I’ll install the 4 door switch panel until I can find a gray one from a Blazer or Yukon and then I’ll swap it out. Not the day I planned, but I’d say it turned out pretty well in the end.
I had the day off of work, so I decided I would spend the first part of the day cutting some power mirror harnesses from a 95-98 truck and the door switch harness from a 2000-2002 truck so I could piece together a power mirror setup for this truck. I found that stuff pretty quickly with some trucks already having their inner door panels removed so that was cool.
Then I remembered that one of the tabs on my fuse panel cover was broken so I might as well look for one of those while I’m out here. I started searching, and every 88-94 I came across was missing the cover! So I figured either these break on everybody over the years and they just end up missing or people snag them whenever they find a good one. Ok...so I kept searching. About halfway through the GM section I found a good one in a Suburban...and it just happened to be gray. Cool. Well if they’re this hard to find, I may as well keep looking so I can have a spare. I looked in every 88-94 and they were all gone. Wow.
Finally with about 3 rows left I found a second one in a Sub, and again it was gray. Score! Then I looked at the doors and this truck had the rare power mirror option....and everything was still intact and in pretty decent condition! I’ve seen the power mirror stuff at the yard before, but usually the vultures have gotten to it first and torn it apart just to grab the power mirror switch and they also usually cut the harness, which then makes it useless to me for doing a retro. Now here’s one that’s intact! Sure since it’s a Sub it has extra switches and wiring, but this is a great start. So I carefully removed the panels and the door harnesses. I also wanted to get as much of the harness in the dash as I could so it would be plug-n-play as much as possible. I started tracing the harness and it was part of the main harness that goes across the top of the firewall behind the dash. Boo. Hmmmm....then I looked at the dash - it was a nice, crack-free, gray dash.....if I removed the dash to get the harness out, I’d have a good harness AND a good dash, so that’s what I did. I went back home to get more tools and then came back to finish the job. I also scoped out other power mirror 88-94s there and grabbed anything the vultures had left so I’d have spares. I actually found 3 more mirror switches! Also a spare driver switch on a Sub and 4 passenger switches. I also found a 2 door Blazer that had the wrong switch and bezel in it, but the wiring was there plus someone had already removed the dash, so I was able to easily grab the dash harness as well.
Now with all these parts, hopefully I have enough good parts to make a set that functions properly and still have some spares. For now I’ll install the 4 door switch panel until I can find a gray one from a Blazer or Yukon and then I’ll swap it out. Not the day I planned, but I’d say it turned out pretty well in the end.
