My 93 has a cubby hole in that place, maybe one day I'll get around to gauges in that spot...
-
Welcome to The Truck Stop! We see you haven't REGISTERED yet.
Your truck knowledge is missing!
- Registration is FREE , all we need is your birthday and email. (We don't share ANY data with ANYONE)
- We have tons of knowledge here for your diesel truck!
- Post your own topics and reply to existing threads to help others out!
- NO ADS! The site is fully functional and ad free!
Problems registering? Click here to contact us!
Already registered, but need a PASSWORD RESET? CLICK HERE TO RESET YOUR PASSWORD!
1994 K3500 extended cab dually
- Thread starter n8in8or
- Start date
n8in8or
I never met a project I didn’t like
Mine had the factory radio controls there and an EQ/tape deck in the other spot where I have the CD player now. I had seen many people adapting cubbies and fitting 2 gauges there, but I thought I could fit 3 if I really tried. I think I had a cubby to start, but I had to cut so much of it away to fit 3 gauges that I had to just start from scratch. The construction of my pod isn’t great because I’m not very adept with plastic construction, but the finished face is pretty good. The seam on the corner is trying to come apart, so it may need some future reconstruction. If someone was good with CAD and 3D printing, that would be the perfect solution.
n8in8or
I never met a project I didn’t like
Here’s a close-up of the pod. I’m sure that upper left fit more flush before, but after reassembly things are a little misaligned. I hate taking apart interior stuff - it never goes back together the way it was before.
This corner is the one that has started splitting.
This corner is the one that has started splitting.
MrMarty51
Well-Known Member
Gorilla glue.
I have used that stuff on four items and when that stuff is set it is stuck.
Distructions says to hold it in place for, IIRC, twent seconts or so.
I tried that, it was going to be a lot more than twenty or thirty seconds.
I cut tape and pulled the broke components together.
Next day pulled the tape and there is no possibility of those components busting on that line again.
Dont get it on Your flingers, this stuff is ten times worser than crazee glue.
It takes a while to hold components together but only seconts to hold your flingers to the object being repaired.
MrMarty51
Well-Known Member
One of the schools Toro SnoBlowers.
Needle valve was stuck.
Pulled the carb. Some one before me had busted the orfice where the primer connects to the carb. They used some kind of a black epoxy to glue it back together. That piece was hanging on the end of the hose.
After getting the carb cleaned up, did a very thorough job of cleaning the carb area and the chunk of epoxy cement. Took the carb into the office, smeared on some of that gorilla glue, to only one surface and stuck it together. A piece of tape to ensure it was being held tight to the carb body and let it set overnight.
Next morning came in to work and did some filling in the rough areas with more of that glue. At the end of the shift the glue was set and cured and that hunk of epoxy with that orfice is solidly attached.
Machine now starts and runs just fine.
I delivered it back to the school. Told the custodian to keep a check on that fitting and if it ever falls off to let me know.
Today it is snowing, maybe tomorrow he will get a chance to see if it will hold tight.
Needle valve was stuck.
Pulled the carb. Some one before me had busted the orfice where the primer connects to the carb. They used some kind of a black epoxy to glue it back together. That piece was hanging on the end of the hose.
After getting the carb cleaned up, did a very thorough job of cleaning the carb area and the chunk of epoxy cement. Took the carb into the office, smeared on some of that gorilla glue, to only one surface and stuck it together. A piece of tape to ensure it was being held tight to the carb body and let it set overnight.
Next morning came in to work and did some filling in the rough areas with more of that glue. At the end of the shift the glue was set and cured and that hunk of epoxy with that orfice is solidly attached.
Machine now starts and runs just fine.
I delivered it back to the school. Told the custodian to keep a check on that fitting and if it ever falls off to let me know.
Today it is snowing, maybe tomorrow he will get a chance to see if it will hold tight.
dbrannon79
I'm getting there!
The only bad part of gorilla glue is it expands. I learned that the hard way one time!
ak diesel driver
6.5 driver
Gorilla glue is a brand they also make a super glue
MrMarty51
Well-Known Member
My latest fix, this plug for a circular lamp bulb.
Some glue squished out but it didnt seem to expand.
I had taped it solidly together so if there was some expansion it went out the sides.
I dismantled this old lamp after testing to be sure it would still function.
Top bulb is a 3 way for different degrees of bright.
The switch is dead on one of its clicks and it is such a weird unit that there would be no way to dismantle, clean and get reassembled.
MrMarty51
Well-Known Member
I thought that the lamp had a nickel plating on it.
I got to reading about this brand of old lamp and that nickel plating turns out to be some sort of a special paint that was produced back in that time.
There are areas where the paint has been peeled or rubbed away.
I’m tempted to send the parts off and have them all nickel plated just to bring back that new shiny look.
I got to reading about this brand of old lamp and that nickel plating turns out to be some sort of a special paint that was produced back in that time.
There are areas where the paint has been peeled or rubbed away.
I’m tempted to send the parts off and have them all nickel plated just to bring back that new shiny look.
93detroit
Well-Known Member
I just have my fuel pressure and Bluetooth mic in my cubby. Nice work!
n8in8or
I never met a project I didn’t like
I added my bluetooth mic to my deck finally while I had the dash apart. I didn't really think about it when I first put the truck together, but then one time I was streaming music and had to make a phone call and then it was an ordeal.... I snaked mine across the dash, up the A pillar and then across the headliner where I clipped it up by the overhead console. Hopefully it's close enough to be effective.