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HillHound Senior Enthusiast

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As some of you know I recently cracked the lens on my instrument cluster so I ordered the HD cluster with the trans temp guage to replace the old one.  Obviously those of you with 2500/3500s see this gauge cluster every day but I thought I'd post it for everyone else to see:

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Nice feature-I don't know how useful the new guage will be but it sure looks better than the stupid blank spot on the old one.  In case anyone wonders-the trans temp on my 1500 stays just under 150 degrees unloaded.  I just put it on yesterday so I didn't get to tow anything yet.  I think it's strange that you just plug the new guage cluster in and the trans temp guage works fine.  Makes me wonder why GM doesn't just go ahead and put it on all their trucks.   Here's a lousy photo of the new switch I put in beside the airbag keyswitch:

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Haven't had time to wire it up yet but I hope to buy a lighted visor and use the aux switch to turn the visor lights on/off.  Another good way to use some of the wasted spots GM likes to put on trucks.  Anybody have any thoughts on what to do with the 2 pods above the 2 switches??

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Elwood Senior Enthusiast

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That looks good.

 

Ask Tom, he'll have plenty of ideas of what to do with those extra pods, I'm sure.  He put a swith in there on his to override the Auto Headlights.

MountaineerTom Senior Enthusiast

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Looks good Ron.  Who did the milage swap for you?  Dealer?  I keep meaning to ask my dealer if they can do that, or know where to send it off to do it, but I keep forgetting.

 

Yeah, I have the R&D Auto Headlight Override Switch in the spot to the left of the Airbag switch.  You could add some additional back up lights, and put a switch there to turn them on when your not in reverse.  It would help when hooking up your utility trailer at night.  (I think you may have been woking on that idea already.)  Or just put a coule small rocker switches there for future use.  A bowtie decal couel go there, or a Z71 emblem from the Tahoe/Suburban, not sure if it would fit though.  That emblem is 4 inches wide x 1 5/8 inches high.  :D

HillHound Senior Enthusiast

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Thanks Tom.  I didn't swap the mileage.  The service manager told me they have to send the clusters to a shop in Indiana for odometer service.  As far as I could tell, noone does it locally.  Anyway he told me it would not cause any warranty or service problems as long as I disclose the actual mileage when I have service done or sell the truck.  I got that plastic sticker to put on the door with the old mileage and date of change.  I'm not too concerned about it since I plan to keep the truck for a long time.

 

Yes I did think about hooking up a utility light under the rear bumper.  Seems like it would be fairly easy.  Thanks for the ideas. :D

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